Hair we grow again: Upward mobility, career compromise, and natural hair bias in the workplace

Summers, LaTonya M.; Davis, Tonya N.; Kosovac, Bilal

doi:10.1002/cdq.12302

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“…Natural hair bias is an emerging and recurring issue (Stowe, 2019; Summers et al, 2022). Using a Critical Human Resource Development (CHRD) lens, this article presents hair bias as an organizational injustice that may adversely affect the well-being and employment outcomes of Black women with natural hairstyles.…”

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The Problem Managers and other individuals in the workplace may have a bias, either conscious or unconscious, against Black women based on their appearance. Since slavery, Black people with lighter skin complexion and straighter hair have been given preferences and privileges not afforded Black people with darker skin or those with naturally kinky hair. This study brings this subtle form of discrimination to the attention of Human Resource Development professionals and sheds light on how such interactions may affect their learning, development, and performance. The Solution Using a critical Human Resource Development lens, we suggest that managers, organizational leaders, and decision-makers are educated to recognize and address hair bias. Leaders must ensure compliance with the CROWN Act and legislation that prohibits discrimination against natural and protective hairstyles. The Stakeholders Stakeholders include U. S. Human Resource Development professionals, hiring managers, recruiters, and leaders who are concerned with hiring and promoting diverse talent.

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Hair Bias in the Workplace: A Critical Human Resource Development Perspective

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Análise fenomenológica interpretativa nas pesquisas em administração: da teoria à aplicação metodológica

Day Pereira de Souza,

Lemos Lourenço

2023

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Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a aplicação da Análise Fenomenológica Interpretativa (AFI) em pesquisas de Administração e suas contribuições. Realizou-se uma revisão de literatura tipo Síntese narrativa textual baseada em 52 artigos empíricos da área, publicados entre 2013 e 2022, obtidos da base Scopus com filtro Business, Management and Accounting. Os resultados indicam que a AFI fortalece a pesquisa qualitativa em Administração, revelando percepções, significados, aspectos emocionais, cognitivos e afetivos em fenômenos organizacionais a partir da perspectiva dos envolvidos, como empreendedores, líderes, trabalhadores, mulheres, minorias e outros. A análise das experiências proporciona discussões relevantes que sustentam teorias emergentes ou aprofundam a compreensão de conceitos em teorias estabelecidas, contribuindo para aprimorar práticas, processos, políticas e diretrizes organizacionais. Este estudo oferece ainda uma síntese completa sobre a aplicação da AFI na Administração, enriquecendo a compreensão metodológica na área.

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Mastering Matters of the Mane

Francis

2023

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

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Women of color have moved into professional roles to become engineers, lawyers, scientists, pilots, politicians, doctors, and professors. Despite the increase of women in professional settings, their proficiency has been put to the test. How Black women choose to wear their hair is a simple but significant phenomenon. Too often, women of color sacrifice their hairstyle to assimilate into their profession. Diversity among members in professional organizations might be advanced as the goal. With this socialized preference towards mainstream congruence, Black women have had to conform to the majority White society. This chapter looks at a professional woman of color, and her life-long journey to determine her hair as a significant part of her identity. Through a reflection on the author's hair life, this chapter discusses how imagery, mainstream culture, biases and expectations have played into her professional life. This chapter also discusses how future generations of professional women of color see contemporary accomplished women, and how they expect the world will see them.

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Hair we grow again: Upward mobility, career compromise, and natural hair bias in the workplace

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Hair Bias in the Workplace: A Critical Human Resource Development Perspective

Hair Bias in the Workplace: A Critical Human Resource Development Perspective

Análise fenomenológica interpretativa nas pesquisas em administração: da teoria à aplicação metodológica

Mastering Matters of the Mane

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