The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to take a severe toll on the U.S. economy and businesses, from large corporations to small local shops. But the secret to getting businesses back on track may be a…
Research
Research Roundup: What’s Keeping Women from the C-Suite?
Women now lead 167 of the country’s top 3,000 companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. That number has doubled from a decade ago, but it is still under 6%. The issue lies within the…
Research Roundup: Committee on Financial Services Finds Need for Transparency, Improvement in Large Banks’ Diversity Practices
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services under congresswoman Maxine Waters issued a report this month that summarizes the Committee’s review of the diversity and inclusion practices in the U.S.’s largest banks. It found that although banks…
Research Roundup: Study Finds Significant Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
Women make up half of the population, and now nearly half of the workforce, but as they ascend the corporate ladder, fewer of them are represented at the top. Out of DiversityInc’s 2019 Top 50…
Research Roundup: PwC’s Corporate Well-Being Report Shows Why Wellness Matters
A new study by PwC (DiversityInc Top 50 Hall of Fame) and the Center for Effective Organization at the University of Southern California (USC) has defined employees’ well-being as a more than just a workplace perk. PwC’s Well-Being…
HIV/AIDS Stigma and Lack of Knowledge is Common Among Millennials and Gen Z, Survey Shows
The start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s led to misinformation fueling fear about the conditions. Now, the number of people living with HIV is tapering off, but it seems misconceptions are once again…
‘It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace’: Women’s Hostility Toward One Another is Not in Their Nature
The “mean girl” trope of women being petty, resentful and two-faced toward one another has followed them beyond high school and into the workplace. Women are often dismissed in professional environments based on this stereotype,…
Research Roundup: Cornell Study Shows Companies Prefer to Keep Hiring Algorithms a Black Box
To combat time constraints and attempt to eliminate human bias, many companies have taken to entrusting at least part of their hiring processes to outside companies that use machine-learning algorithms to weed out applicants. However,…
Research Roundup: Study Finds Many Nonprofits Conscious of Staff Diversity, But Still Struggling with Implementation
Nonprofit HR released its 2019 diversity report Tuesday, which included the results from surveys of 566 nonprofit organizations throughout North America. These organizations were surveyed on their diversity practices, and the results revealed that though many…
Research Roundup: Survey Finds 4 in 5 Graduates Consider Student Loan Debt a Life Sentence
For many college graduates, student loan debt is such a large burden that some would take drastic measures — like shaving their heads, giving up caffeine or spending a week in jail — if it…
University of Washington Study Finds Discrimination Affects Students’ Daily Behaviors
Though many studies have covered the long-term effects of discrimination on people’s health and careers, researchers at the University of Washington have found experiencing discrimination affects students’ daily behavior and habits. The study, “Passively-sensed Behavioral…
Research Roundup: Survey Finds Most Americans Support Better Healthcare for Veterans, But Not Raising Taxes to Cover It
A report by the Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com shows most Americans believe veterans deserve better healthcare — but they don’t want to pay for it. The survey asked respondents to agree or disagree with three…
Research Roundup: Parent PLUS College Loans Disproportionately Burden Black Families, HBCUs
Student debt is not out of the ordinary for families in the U.S., but a Medill News Service report shows parent borrowing is disproportionately burdening Black families and those who attend historically Black colleges and universities…
Research Roundup: Study Finds Perceptions of Speech Lead to Class Bias in Hiring
The narrative of the American Dream — of pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps — is a popular mythology in the U.S., but a recent Yale study found another roadblock in achieving this upward mobility:…
Combat Veterans and Troops at High Risk for Opioid Abuse, NBER Study Finds
Many have called the War on Terror the “War of Terror” because it has taken the lives of over half a million civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is also having alarming health effects…
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