Reading Smart Stuff Together and Whistling Vivaldi

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Author(s): Mary Jo Festle (Elon University, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 20
Source title: Approaches to Managing Organizational Diversity and Innovation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nancy D. Erbe (California State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6006-9.ch008

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Human Resources Development / Human Resources Management

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Elon University sponsored successful reading and discussion groups about psychologist Claude Steele's book, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. The book describes the many ways that “stereotype threat” negatively impacts people who are anxious about confirming stereotypes with an identity group to which they belong. It also provides research-based strategies for reducing the impact of stereotype threat. This chapter describes why the reading groups worked, how they were run, and the evidence for their impact on the institution. The discussion group model could be replicated by other organizations.

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