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How Class Affects How We Collaborate

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Having a diverse workforce has numerous benefits to an organization, with MIT research highlighting that the most diverse workplaces tend to be the most profitable. A study from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business took this a step further and explored the impact of class diversity on the success of a team.

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Overcoming The Class Ceiling At Work

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A couple of years ago I wrote about the value of having a workforce with a high degree of class diversity. This is far from easy to achieve, however, not least as Yale research shows that class bias can emerge as soon as we open our mouths. Overcoming the class ceiling. ” Emerging early. . ” Emerging early.

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New Film Highlights The Work Needed To Overcome The Class Pay Gap

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In the hit HBO/BBC drama Industry , aside from the general debauchery of the characters, one thing that’s noticeable is the upper-class backgrounds of the leads. Only Harry heralds from a working-class background, and he visibly struggles to fit in in a world in which the rest of the cast seems to know precisely how to speak and act.

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Being Working Class In “Elite” Professions

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At the back end of last year, I wrote about the “class gap” that exists in many professions. Indeed, so pronounced is this gap that the Social Mobility Foundation mark November 14, as this is the effective date at which working-class employees stop earning compared to their peers.

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Study Suggests Lower Class People Are Perceived As Having Fewer Goals

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In the initial study, They enlisted a representative sample of Americans belonging to both high and low social classes. These goals encompassed areas such as career advancement, personal health, financial stability, self-improvement, familial bonds, leisure, and community engagement.

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Overcoming The Network Gap To Build Socially Diverse Workplaces

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Diverse workplaces are valuable in all manner of ways, so it’s perhaps no surprise that MIT research finds that the more diverse a workplace is, the more profitable it is. Although most organizations now embrace diversity and inclusion practices tailored toward salient individual differences (e.g.,

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Social Inequality Continues At Elite Universities

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Class may seem like one of those issues that has been consigned to the dustbin of history, yet its presence continues to undermine fairness and social mobility. A new study from University College London even suggests that we benefit differently from the same degree depending on our socio-economic class. Advantages beget advantages.

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