Index

Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations

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(2022), "Index", Striebing, C., Müller, J. and Schraudner, M. (Ed.) Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 443-452. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-956-020221018

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Copyright © 2023 Clemens Striebing, Jörg Müller and Martina Schraudner


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Academia
, 60, 133

bullying in
, 76–78

neoliberal management in
, 334–335

workplace bullying in
, 81–82

Academic “bullying” (see also Workplace bullying)
, 236

policy action to reduce academic bullying at University of Wisconsin-Madison
, 237–240

targets
, 237

Academic androcentrism and hierarchies
, 218–220

Academic bullying
, 81

Academic capitalism
, 349

Academic engineering
, 295–297

Academic leaders and research managers, recommendations for
, 429–431

Academic staff
, 247, 252

Academic Staff Executive Committee
, 242n3

Affirmative Action (AA)
, 6

Age
, 77, 345

and perceived position of power
, 346–347

and recognition
, 346

Alignment of management and follow-up processes
, 373

American National Science Foundation (NSF)
, 369

Androcentric hierarchies
, 226

Androcentrism
, 218–220

Anglo-Saxon system
, 395

Anti-discrimination program
, 427–428

Antibullying policy
, 333

Associated silence
, 227

Attribution theory
, 293–295

#Aufschrei
, 209

Behavioral inventory measures
, 132

Behavioral item approach
, 136

Behavioralist approach
, 79

Behavioural experience method
, 336

Binary logistic model, comparison of linear model with
, 204

Binary logistic regression equations
, 77, 95–96, 147

Biology and Medicine Section (BMS)
, 85

Bonferroni procedure
, 97n13

Bullying
, 37, 76, 149–154, 236, 255, 333

in academia
, 76–78

behaviors
, 236–237

context
, 90–91

data
, 91

descriptive statistics for bullying regression model
, 171–175

gender and measurement gap in surveys on
, 134–136

interpretation
, 112–116

limitations
, 119–120

literature review
, 78–90

methods
, 95

non-scientific employees
, 108–112

non-scientific employees and categorial predictors
, 88–90

parameter estimates of regression for self-ascription to
, 179–192

practical implications
, 118–119

research approach
, 91–95

research opportunities
, 120

results
, 96–97

scientific employees
, 97–108

scientific employees and categorial predictors
, 82–88

theoretical contributions
, 117–118

variables
, 91–95

Bureaucratic hurdles
, 39

“Bureaucratization” of research administration
, 439

Campus study
, 20

Care
, 337

Change management
, 373

Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section (CPTS)
, 85

Class
, 343

and metaphors
, 345

and structural environment
, 344–345

struggle
, 351–352

and use of language
, 343–344

Climate change
, 366

Climate for inclusion
, 12

Climate surveys
, 242, 245

Clinical sociology
, 340–342

Cluster of Excellence (CoE)
, 370, 374–376

perceiving diversity at CoE at technical university in Germany
, 376–382

Cohen’s d
, 48

Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
, 237

Comparative studies
, 9

Conscious victim blaming
, 132

Context-sensitivity
, 40

Contrapower harassment
, 61

Corporal involvement
, 354–355

“Corporatization” of research administration
, 439

Cost-benefit analyses
, 61

Covid-19 pandemic
, 10

Critical sexism
, 217

Cronbach’s alpha of outcome variables
, 70

Cultural context conditions of academia for diversity and discrimination
, 21–22

Cultural fitting
, 39

Customer service
, 14

Demographic characteristics
, 300–301

Dependent variable
, 298–299

Descriptive statistics
, 70

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
, 369

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
, 395

Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul-und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW)
, 395

Difference of difference tests
, 151n15

Differences of differences
, 95

Disciplinary culture
, 404–405

Discrimination
, 7, 80, 367–369, 435

through a national and organizational lens
, 8–13

approaches to studying
, 7–8

conceptual understanding
, 5–6

experiences
, 437–438

levels of analysis
, 7–8

processes
, 431–433

recommendations for designing discrimination reduction program
, 423–429

in research organizations
, 4, 20–21

risk factors
, 13–19

Discriminatory practices
, 5

Diverse teams
, 3

Diversity
, 7, 429

through a national and organizational lens
, 8–13

approaches to studying
, 7–8

beliefs
, 377

climate
, 12

conceptual understanding
, 6–7

and inclusion charter
, 333

levels of analysis
, 7–8

mindset
, 377

positive effects
, 4

research
, 7

Diversity management
, 366–367

CoE
, 374–376

discrimination and organizational culture
, 367–369

implications
, 386–388

perceived importance of diversity and impact of leadership style
, 385–386

perceiving diversity at CoE at technical university in Germany
, 376–382

prevailing system-theoretic diversity models
, 371–374

in research organizations
, 369–370

results
, 382–386

system-theoretical approach
, 370–376

Double barreled question
, 142–143n7

Early career researchers
, 77n1

Economization of social
, 226

Education
, 373

Ehrenmord (honor killing)
, 211

Empirical studies
, 41

Employee Assistance office
, 237

Engineering

culture
, 305

and gender egalitarianism
, 296

and gender essentialism
, 295–296

and meritocracy
, 296–297

Envy and place struggle
, 350–351

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
, 6

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
, 13–14

Estimated marginal means
, 95

Ethnic stereotypes
, 40

Ethnicity in workplace bullying
, 86

European Charter for Researchers
, 34–36

European Union (EU)
, 34, 370

European University Association, work and objectives of
, 34

Excellence Initiative
, 224

External-consumeral subsystems
, 372

External-instrumental subsystems
, 372

Faculty
, 238n1

Familiendrama (family drama)
, 211

Family responsibilities discrimination (FRD)
, 313

Family situation
, 410–411

Female researchers
, 261

Female-friendly workplaces
, 264

Five-stage hierarchical regression model
, 207

Fixed-Term Research Contracts Act
, 395

Flow heater system
, 62

Fraunhofer Society
, 90

Gaslighting
, 133

Gate keepers
, 398

Gender
, 35n2, 41, 82, 132, 347, 394

case of Max Planck Society
, 139–140

conflicts
, 84

current state of research
, 132–134

data
, 140–141

directions for research
, 166–167

egalitarianism
, 83–84

essentialist beliefs
, 299

gap
, 41

gender-based discrimination
, 8

gender-based violence
, 209

gender-equality policies
, 218

gendered violence and fantasy scene
, 349

indirect effects
, 82–83

interpretation
, 158–160

limitations
, 165–166

literature review
, 134–139

and measurement gap in surveys on bullying and sexual discrimination
, 134–136

methods
, 147–149

monitoring
, 423

practical implications
, 164–165

research approach
, 140–146

results
, 149–161

robustness
, 161

social relations of gender and gendered social representations
, 348–349

stereotypes
, 264

theoretical implications
, 162–164

variables
, 141–146

Gender beliefs
, 291, 299

attribution theory
, 293–295

data and methods
, 297–298

measures
, 298–301

relevance of personal beliefs
, 292–293

results
, 302–309

Gender differences

academic ranks
, 263

analysis results
, 268–276

data and analytical methods
, 265–268

factors influencing scientific achievement of researchers
, 269–276

limitation
, 278

in scientific achievement
, 268

in social sciences
, 262

Gender egalitarianism
, 293

beliefs
, 299

engineering and
, 296

and sexual harassment
, 294

Gender equality
, 260

plans
, 19

Gender Equality Audit and Monitoring tool (GEAM tool)
, 425n3

Gender essentialism
, 293

engineering and
, 295–296

and sexual harassment
, 294

Gender Essentialism Scale (GES)
, 299

Gender Shift
, 366

Gendered culture
, 295–297

General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz)
, 220

German academia
, 396

German academic and cultural context
, 395–396

German Cluster of Excellence
, 21

German higher education
, 209

German higher-education system
, 218

German Max Planck Society (MPG)
, 35, 42–43, 54, 58, 61

German Research Foundation (DFG)
, 374

German Universities
, 213

academic androcentrism and hierarchies
, 218–220

enlightened organization
, 216–218

handling of problem
, 220–222

neoliberal university
, 222–226

normalization of sexual harassment
, 226–227

prevalence of sexual harassment at
, 213–214

sexual harassment and assault at
, 213–227

survey
, 214–216

Germanic Europe
, 84

Germany, perceptions of sexual harassment in
, 210–212

Globe project
, 84

GLOBE study
, 10

Governance policies
, 332

Group climate
, 50–52

parameter estimates of
, 71–72

Harassment
, 236, 336

Harnack principle
, 139

Harnack Principle
, 43

Hegemony
, 378

Helmholtz Association
, 90

Hierarchical linear regressions
, 133

Hierarchical regression models
, 147

Hierarchies
, 210, 218–220

High-value employees
, 14

Higher education institutions
, 334

Homosocial reproduction theory
, 387

“Horizon Europe” research framework program
, 4

Horizon European framework program
, 19

Hostile and intimidating behavior (HIB)
, 238–239, 250n5

accessible resources
, 239

analytic framework
, 242–244

best practices
, 239

data sources
, 240–242

lessons learned and future directions
, 254–256

limitations
, 253–256

new procedures for reporting
, 239

results
, 244–253

timeline for HIB policy and measurement
, 242

training program
, 239

trusted faculty and staff liaisons
, 239

workshop evaluations
, 240–241

Human resources (HR)
, 239

processes
, 19

Humanities and Social Sciences Section (HSS)
, 85

Hypothesis tests
, 50n10

Hypothesizing
, 137–139

Ideal neoliberal subjects
, 222

Identity characteristics shape conflicts and conflict perceptions
, 436

In-groups
, 38

Independent variables
, 299

Index calculation procedure
, 45n4

Individual endowment
, 406–407

Inequality regimes
, 219

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
, 263

Institutional airbrushing
, 225

Institutional bullying
, 337

Institutional polishing
, 225

Institutional support
, 264

Integration paradox
, 439

Integrative Cluster Domains (ICDs)
, 379

Interaction effects, procedures to test
, 283

Interaction variables
, 46–48

Internal-consumeral subsystems
, 372–373

Internal-instrumental subsystems
, 372

International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS)
, 48

International mobility for scientific career development
, 14

Internationalization of research institution
, 402–404

Intersectional(ity)
, 40, 340–342, 394, 398

and agenda for future research
, 313–314

approach
, 22–23, 40

Interviewed researchers
, 267

Item construction
, 68–69

Job mobility
, 39

Knowledge of sexual harassment
, 299

Leadership
, 373, 423

style
, 385–386

“Leaky pipeline” concept
, 137

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (LGBT)
, 241n2, 247

Levene tests
, 49

Likert scale
, 147n11

Linear regressions
, 49

Logistic models
, 328–329

Logistic regression
, 268

models
, 301n6

results of testing interaction effects for
, 284–286

Male-dominated engineering
, 299–300

Male-typing
, 299–300

Managerial discourse
, 332, 334–335, 338

Managers
, 433–435

Marginalization effects
, 34

Max Planck Society
, 20, 76–77, 84–85

case of
, 139–140

in Germany
, 133

online survey of employees
, 90

scientific employees
, 82

scientific staff
, 90

Max Planck studies
, 20

MaxQDA
, 401n1

Megatrends
, 366

Mentoring
, 41

Merit beliefs
, 299

Meritocracy
, 293

engineering and
, 296–297

and sexual harassment
, 294–295

Meritocracy beliefs
, 291

attribution theory
, 293–295

data and methods
, 297–298

measures
, 298–301

relevance of personal beliefs
, 292–293

results
, 302–309

Meso-level accounts
, 8

#MeToo movement
, 209, 290

Micro-level accounts
, 8

Migration
, 396–397

Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
, 262

MORE projects
, 35n1

Multinomial logistic regression (ML regression)
, 301

Multiple case study
, 338–340

Multiple classification analysis (MCA)
, 268

Multivariate model analysis
, 268

Nagelkerke’s R square of logistic regression models
, 205n19

National culture
, 9

Nationality
, 39–41, 82

effect of
, 86

of respondents
, 83

Natural predisposition
, 38

Negative Acts Questionnaire
, 79

Negative Acts Questionnaire revised (NAQ-rev)
, 143, 149, 151

Neo Ecology
, 366

Neoliberal management in academia
, 334–335

Neoliberal managerial discourse
, 332

Neoliberal university
, 8

Neoliberalism
, 223

“Neoliberalization” of universities
, 438

Networks
, 423

New Public Management principles
, 13

New Work
, 366

Non-Irish nationals
, 10

Non-performative concept
, 224

Non-scientific employees
, 108 (see also Scientific employees)

effect of age
, 109–110

effect of gender
, 108

interaction effect of gender and age
, 110

interaction effect of gender and section
, 110–112

Non-scientific personnel
, 76–77n1

Non-scientific staff
, 77

test of model effects and parameter estimates of regression for
, 128–129

Non-university research institutions
, 4

Normalization of sexual harassment
, 226–227

Occupational psychology approach
, 78

Office of Equity and Diversity
, 237

Ombuds Office
, 237

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 422

Organisational Culture Assessment Inventory (OCAI)
, 381

Organizational climate
, 8, 11, 36

Organizational culture
, 220, 367–369, 385

Organizational factors
, 11

Organizational interventions
, 426n4

Organizational myth of women
, 132

Organizational practices and policies
, 12

“Other research associates employed”
, 48n7

Others, the
, 210–212

Out-grouping
, 39

Out-groups
, 38

Outcome variables
, 44–46, 68–69

p value
, 50n10

p-value
, 95n11, 151n15

Participative safety
, 41

Pearson’s r
, 148

Peer principle
, 14, 19

People waste financial and personnel resources
, 436–437

Perceived discrimination
, 394

Perception

of benefits of diversity
, 384–385

of diversity and innovation management
, 382

of diversity categories
, 382–384

of leader
, 52–54

of leader, parameter estimates of
, 73–74

Perpetuation of social inequality
, 6

Personal beliefs, relevance of
, 292–293

Physical appearance
, 409–410

Place struggle
, 351–352

Policy-makers, recommendations for
, 422–423

Post hoc analyses
, 49

Post-Soviet migrant women’s perspective
, 393

current state of research on discrimination of (highly) skilled migrants in academia
, 397–400

findings
, 402–411

German academic and cultural context
, 395–396

highly skilled post-soviet women migrants in German academia
, 396–397

methodology and sample
, 400–402

Power distance
, 10

Power domains
, 341

Power dynamics
, 236

Power relations
, 333

Power vectors
, 341

PRAGES project
, 422

Precarity
, 352

Predictor variables
, 46

Principal investigators (PI)
, 261, 265, 268

Prototypes
, 368

“Prove-It-Again” bias
, 38

Psychological climate
, 36

Psychological concepts
, 368

Psychological work climate of researchers

context
, 42–43

data
, 43–44

European Charter for Researchers
, 34–36

impulses for future research
, 61–62

interpretation
, 54–56

literature review
, 36–42

methods
, 48–49

practical implications
, 59–60

research approach
, 43–49

results
, 49–54

theoretical assumptions
, 37–42

theoretical implications
, 57–59

transferability and limitations
, 60–61

variables
, 44–48

Public perception of sexual harassment
, 300

Public research organizations
, 4

Qualtrics
, 297

“Queen bee” syndrome
, 58

Questionnaire surveys
, 426

Recommendations

for academic leaders and research managers
, 429–431

for designing discrimination reduction program
, 423–429

for policy-makers
, 422–423

Reflection
, 377–378

Regression equation
, 49–50, 52, 81n3

Regression models
, 166

Research and measurement
, 373

Research organizations
, 34, 334, 394, 422

diversity management in
, 369–370

lessons learned
, 431–438

recommendations for academic leaders and research managers
, 429–431

recommendations for designing discrimination reduction program
, 423–429

recommendations for policy-makers
, 422–423

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
, 370

Right-wing politics
, 10

Robustness checks
, 204

comparison of linear model with binary logistic model
, 204

comparison of models 3 and 4
, 205–206

confounded moderation
, 207–208

inclusion of control variables
, 207

rescaling of dependent variable
, 206–207

impact of sum index
, 205

Role congruency theory
, 37–38

Role congruity theory
, 87

Role expectations
, 354–355

Scale operationalizations
, 326–327

Scandinavian school
, 78–79

Schemata
, 368

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
, 397, 422

Scientific autonomy
, 10–11

Scientific employees
, 97

effect of gender
, 97

interaction effect of gender and hierarchical position
, 102

interaction effect of gender and nationality
, 97

interaction effect of gender and section
, 102

interaction effect of nationality and hierarchical position
, 107–108

interaction effect of nationality and section
, 108

effect of nationality
, 102–107

Scientific staff, test of model effects and parameter estimates of regression for
, 125–127

Scientists
, 90

Self-labeling approach
, 79–80, 132, 138, 142–143n7, 336

Senior shared governance
, 14

SEQ-DoD
, 142–143n7, 156

Sex
, 35n2, 82

Sex-Role Egalitarianism Scale (SRES)
, 299

Sexist hostility
, 142–143n7

Sexual coercion
, 136

Sexual Criminal Law (Sexualstrafrecht)
, 211

Sexual discrimination
, 154–158

descriptive statistics for sexual discrimination regression model
, 175–178

gender and measurement gap in surveys on
, 134–136

parameter estimates of regression for self-ascription to
, 193–203

Sexual harassment
, 20, 142–143n7, 236, 290, 409–410

and assault at German Universities
, 213–227

connecting personal beliefs to
, 293–295

perceptions of sexual harassment in Germany
, 210–212

public awareness
, 291

public perception of
, 300

and violence
, 209, 212n4

Shared governance
, 14

Silver Society
, 366

Similarity-attraction paradigm
, 86

Single-item approach
, 136

Skills, structures and strategies-diversity model (3-S-diversity model)
, 371

Social awareness
, 337

Social categorization
, 368–369

Social class reproduction
, 394

Social cognition
, 368

Social Cognitive Theory
, 368

Social disintegration
, 39

Social identity theory
, 83, 85–86

Social integration barrier
, 86

Social role hypothesis
, 57

Social role theory
, 37, 137–138

Somatization
, 353–354

Spotlight Initiative
, 211n2

SPSS-supported cluster analysis
, 381

STAGES project
, 422

Standard errors
, 50n10

State Council of Professorship regulations
, 265n3

Statistical methods
, 426

Stereotypes
, 37, 368

Structural personnel
, 76–77n1

Structure
, 349

class struggle and place struggle
, 351–352

competing hierarchical orders and feeling of unfairness
, 350

envy and place struggle
, 350–351

precarity and vulnerability
, 352

Study of Academic Staff Worklife (SASW)
, 242

Study of Faculty Worklife (SFW)
, 241

Subjectivity
, 341

Substantial changes
, 49n9

Sum index
, 205

Supervisor support
, 405–406

Survey questionnaire
, 44

Sustainability debate
, 366

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 366

System-theoretical approach
, 370–376

t-tests
, 49

Thousand loops
, 220

#TimesUp movement
, 290

Top-down implementation strategies
, 387

Total Quality Management principles
, 13

Transferability
, 60–61

of results to other social spaces
, 313–314

of results to other socio-demographic groups
, 314

of results to other types of workplace discrimination
, 313

Two-Step cluster analysis
, 381

Two-tailed t-tests
, 244n4

Über discrimination
, 5

Unconscious victim blaming
, 132

Universities
, 210

Universities research institutions
, 4

University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
, 237, 254–255

policy action to reduce academic bullying at
, 237–240

SFW
, 241

University-specific regulations
, 221

Variance influence factor (VIF)
, 149

Victim blaming
, 132–133

Vietnam
, 260, 262

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)
, 262, 265

Vulnerability
, 352–354

Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG)
, 375, 388

Women
, 342

Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
, 241

Women’s scientific achievement
, 262

Work climate
, 44

as research object and relevance
, 36–37

Work ethic, social background and belonging
, 407–409

Workplace bullying
, 77, 332, 335–338

in academia
, 81–82

conceptualization, prevalence, and relationship to discrimination
, 78–80

findings
, 342–355

methodology
, 338–342

neoliberal management in academia
, 334–335

Workplace discrimination
, 36

Workplace gender composition
, 219–220

Workplace harassment
, 300

Workplace victimization
, 78

Prelims
Introduction
Chapter 1: Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations: Theoretical Starting Points
Part I: Empirical Findings of Discrimination in Research Organizations
Chapter 2: The Psychological Work Climate of Researchers: Gender, Nationality, and Their Interaction with Career Level and Care for Children in a Large German Research Organization
Chapter 3: Workplace Bullying in Academia: Interaction of Gender, Nationality, Age, and Work Context of Scientific and Non-Scientific Employees in a Large German Research Organization
Chapter 4: Exploring Gender Aspects of Self-Reported Bullying and Sexual Discrimination
Chapter 5: The Hidden Problem: Sexual Harassment and Violence in German Higher Education
Chapter 6: Eliminating Bullying in the University: The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hostile & Intimidating Behavior Policy
Chapter 7: Gender Differences in the Scientific Achievement of Social Sciences and Impact Factors: A Survey Study of Researchers in the Social Sciences in Vietnam
Part II: Cultural Context Conditions of Academia for Diversity and Discrimination
Chapter 8: Beliefs About Gender and Meritocracy and the Evaluation of Sexual Harassment in a University Research Setting
Chapter 9: Managerial Discourse as Neutralizer? The Influence of the Concealment of Social Categories on the Experience of Workplace Bullying in Research Organizations
Chapter 10: Perceiving Diversity – An Explorative Approach in a Complex Research Organization
Chapter 11: Intersectionalities and Perceived Discrimination in German Research Organizations: A Post-Soviet Migrant Women’s Perspective
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Promoting Diversity and Combatting Discrimination in Research Organizations: A Practitioner’s Guide
Index