“Woke” Diversity Strategies: Science or Sensationalism?
批评了Waldman和Sparr关于多元化策略的文章，指出其核心术语使用不精确且忽视现有学术研究，可能对弱势群体产生有害影响。
The recent Academy of Management Perspectives article “Rethinking Diversity Strategies: An Application of Paradox and Positive Organization Behavior Theories,” by David Waldman and Jennifer Sparr characterizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies as a paradox between diversity and unity. We are concerned by the incendiary and imprecise adoption of core terms (e.g., woke, woke-washing, unity) and the dearth of engagement with existing scholarship—specifically, critical race theory, positive organizational scholarship, and DEI scholarship. In this Exchange, we posit that their article yields potentially harmful conclusions for DEI. We write this commentary to clarify definitions, bodies of literature, and diversity strategies. Maintaining scholarly standards is particularly important in diversity research because inaccuracies have real-life implications for some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities.