Annika's Paper (February 5 WORKshop) by Stacy Bluth https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs Annika has asked us to keep in mind the four questions below as we review her paper. Please create a post-it note under each column with your comments (ideally in advance of the WORKshop). You do not need to write anything elaborate or extensive. This tool is simply a way to help organize our discussion and provide Annika with some notes. Also, please include your name on your post-its. en-us 2021-01-29 21:32:49 UTC 2021-02-05 19:54:09 UTC hello@padlet.com I like the image of "fence- sitting" that you mention on page 7. I wonder if that might be helpful in a title. sbluth2 https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158854761 2021-02-03 14:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158854761 I found the differences between most employees and the "critical" supporters of diversity very interesting. On page 9-10, your quotes and analysis reveal differences in how critical some people are of the diversity initiatives within the company, however, I didn't really get a sense of how these people were "critical" diversity supporters. I would have loved to have heard more about what differentiated them between people who just didn't think the company was doing a good job with diversity and what led you to think that they saw diversity initiatives as a mechanism to recognize systemic inequality and address social equity. sbluth2 https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158893694 2021-02-03 14:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158893694 Pages 12-17 felt very compelling to me. In this section, I got a much more nuanced understanding of how the critical supporters and non-critical supporters see the aims of diversity differently. sbluth2 https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158931338 2021-02-03 14:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158931338 Examines an issue that is very topical in the media and other discourse. Provides strong evidence, revealing how common remedies (e.g. diversity initiatives) have complex intentions and results that are shaped by the organizations they happen within sbluth2 https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158948192 2021-02-03 14:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1158948192 Wicked paper! https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168337617 I think the findings are fantastic and really well spelled out. You do a very good job discussing the data while constructing a cohesive narrative. Beyond this, I think the whole paper is a reflection of a lot of work and very well written. Well done. ]]> 2021-02-05 14:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168337617 Possibly room for a little marx here I think! On Pages 9-11 where you discuss people's perception of companies wanting more diverse workers to spark ideas etc. You could tie in the idea of businesses calling on the reserve army of labour when they deem it profitable. You tie it together a little at the end of page 11 through 12, but could make that section a little more punchy! Do not have to, but just a tie-in I thought about. https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168379623 2021-02-05 14:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168379623 I agree with Stacy. I love these findings about whether people feel it a legitimate effort from the company or just lip service. I would be interested to see/know if they have like an HR rep overseeing it, if they are of colour or something like that. Are these companies tokenizing the POC they have to fulfill this desire to be diverse? https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168422598 2021-02-05 14:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168422598 Diversity: the new for profit agenda https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168452774 Diversity: the new exploitation

Diversity: genuine or nefarious? 

Have a laugh with those ones :D 

YOU'VE DONE A BLOODY GOOD JOB HERE. WELL DONE. ]]> 2021-02-05 14:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168452774 Adam https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168905561 I thought the part where people see discrimination being fixed as inevitable was the most interesting part of the findings. It diminishes agency in a way that makes acting unnecessary. As far as ideology goes, it is an extremely effective way of maintaining the status quo. Sort of like how some people see a technological fix to climate change being the likely solution. It's basically saying: we don't have to do anything, the problems will solve themselves in the long run. I think you might note how insidious that aspect of the thinking can be more explicitly maybe?]]> 2021-02-05 16:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168905561 Adam https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168911894 I think the paper does a lot of things well. The integration of the literature in a way that flows. The same with the results. I think overall the paper is very well written. I don't have any criticisms about the writing.]]> 2021-02-05 16:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168911894 Adam https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168917853 There wasn't anything hard to follow really. There were two criticisms that I had. One is more criticism, the other is more of a suggestion actually. The criticism I have is that I would have likely to see you define neoliberalism on page 3. It is an important key word throughout the paper and I'd like to be clear in what you mean by it. The suggestion I had is in line with Tom's criticism about how critical the paper is. I think there are sources you could draw upon to be more critical in your interpretation of the companies' behavior (Jackall's Moral Mazes and Bakan's The Corporation). However, this is only a suggestion. If you think you've been as critical as you'd like to be, I'd understand that too. I personally would likely be a bit more critical though.]]> 2021-02-05 16:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168917853 Adam https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168936160 I like your title. If I had to suggest something... I think the idea of progressivism you've presented could be construed as utopian. Many of your interviewees see inevitability as characteristic of their liberal aims. So that may be one way of talking about your findings in a critical way, considering utopian is generally pejorative. Utopian Progressivism: Progressive and Discriminatory?...]]> 2021-02-05 16:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1168936160 I think "tight" is a good adjective for this paper, it doesn't wander and it sticks to what it is trying to do without sacrificing scope or broader implications too much https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169969305 2021-02-05 19:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169969305 I didn't have a hard time following, but I would have liked to see more general discussion of how this is in conversation with the diversity literature. I don't necessarily buy the gap presented that scholars haven't grappled much with competing notions and meanings of diversity in organizations. https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169972751 What I mean by general discussion is less one specific to high-tech perse, but more overall field of business orgs, or formal orgs and diversity.]]> 2021-02-05 19:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169972751 I think highlighting the importance of intent is super interesting. Intent is one of those things that is hard for scholars to deal with, but super interesting when it becomes an important dimension of action that actors in the field are paying attention to. https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169998763 2021-02-05 19:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1169998763 ALLISON https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170009945 I enjoyed how this paper was easy to follow and comprehend while exploring an important topic within the workplace. I also enjoyed the quotations from those interviewed.]]> 2021-02-05 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170009945 ALLISON https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170024236 I think it would help to add a description of what the high-tech industry is, and who are those workers. (I was hoping for a description in the beginning, but I may just be unfamiliar with the term "high-tech industry").]]> 2021-02-05 19:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170024236 ALLISON https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170054322 Something I found interesting was describing how some felt as if companies valued diversity for selfish reasons (that would make the companies look good) (pg 17).]]> 2021-02-05 19:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sbluth2/v6hojf2lodokqcs/wish/1170054322