Thampan, Swati;
(2024)
The impact of networking and global mobility on diversity in organizations.
Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).
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This thesis explores the impact of networking and multicultural experience on diversity in organizations. First, I examine the advantages for women of networking with high-performing executives. Second, I explore the impact multicultural experiences can have on an individual’s intention to be an ally to minorities within the workplace. Knowing the right people provides advantage according to social network research and theory. A perceived tie with a high performing executive within an organization provides not only resource-based benefits, but also boosts the individual’s performance reputation. However, there is limited research concerning how gender distorts the cognitive evaluation of individuals who form these ties. Therefore, in the first essay, I compare the differences in the way male and female coworkers are evaluated with connections to an average vs a high-performing senior. The results provide insight concerning how networking empowers women in organizations and provides opportunities for promotion. Members of advantaged groups who take action to help members of less advantaged groups are said to engage in “allyship.” The allyship literature has focused on fixed categories of majority and minority demographic groups. However, due to global mobility, these categories are no longer fixed. There is a need to understand how a change in context can change an individual’s understanding of allyship. Therefore, my second essay aims to understand how a change in context can alter individuals’ perceived sense of social status and how this distortion can impact their intention to be an ally. The thesis aims to gain an in-depth understanding of how social networks and multicultural experiences are viewed through the lens of diversity in organizations. It seeks to establish the way in which people in organizations can use social interactions to improve gender diversity and encourage allyship.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Qualification: | M.Phil |
| Title: | The impact of networking and global mobility on diversity in organizations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > UCL School of Management |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187395 |
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