Lenora Billings-Harris

There are 6 included publications by Lenora Billings-Harris :

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The challenge of increasing minority-group professional representation in the United States: intriguing findings 2009 4706 Census statistics highlight the increasing diversity of the populace in the United States. However, minority-group Americans continue to be under-represented in professional occupations. Six propositions for low minority-group professional presence i...
Diversity climate impact on employee of color outcomes: does justice matter? 2010 7593 Purpose – The purposes of this paper are three-fold: first, to examine the effect of diversity climate on professional employee of color outcomes, organizational commitment and turnover intentions; second, to investigate the moderating and mediating ...
An empirical test of diversity climate dimensionality and relative effects on employee of color outcomes. 2012 8862 This study examined the relative effect of diversity climate dimensions captured by two measures: Mor Barak et al.’s (Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 34:82–104, 1998) diversity climate scale and Chrobot-Mason’s (Journal of Managerial Psycholog...
The Impact of Diversity Promise Fulfillment on Professionals of Color Outcomes in the USA 2010 4118 This paper explores the relationship between psychological contract violations (PCVs) related to diversity climate and professional employee outcomes. We found that for our sample of US professionals of color including US-born African Americans, Hisp...
Impact of Leader Racial Attitude on Ratings of Causes and Solutions to the Minority Faculty Shortage. 2007 2122 Diversity scholars have emphasized the critical role of corporate leaders for ensuring the success of diversity strategic initiatives in organizations. This study reports on business school leaders‘ attributions regarding the causes for and solutions...
The Influence of Organizational Diversity Orientation and Leader Attitude on Diversity Activities 2006 4340 The U.S. population is becoming increasingly diverse (U.S. Census Bureau, 2003). Many multinational companies recognize the need to manage their diverse workforces as evidenced by the proliferation of diversity programs being implemented in multinati...