Can tolerance of diverse groups improve the wellbeing of societies?

Alnaji, Loay; Askari, Mahmoud Yousef; Refae, Ghaleb A. El

doi:10.1504/ijebr.2016.074428

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“…Established in the literature is the link between diversity and well-being and includes empirical research that connects workplace gender inequities, positive climate, and well-being; pacific identity and well-being; and less discrimination and more citizen well-being in Europe. The role of ethnic identity and subjective wellbeing were explored in theory (Alnaji, Askari, & El Refae, 2016;Kennedy & Cummins, 2007;Manuela & Sibley, 2014;Miner-Rubino, Settles, & Stewart, 2009). Therefore, I advance based on empirical and theoretical support, Proposition 4: Diversity intelligence is an antecedent to the well-being component of compassionate love servant leadership.…”

Section: Diversity Intelligence and Compassionate Love Servant Leadermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Diversity Intelligent Servant Leader: Developing Leaders to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Workforce

Sims

2018

Advances in Developing Human Resources

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The Problem. The ability of organizations to realize diversity remains problematic. To meet the needs of the modern workforce, new diversity and leadership approaches are required. The Solution. Diversity intelligence, a promising new human resource development (HRD) tool, leads to enhanced inclusion and equitable treatment in the workplace. Several propositions herein advance that diversity intelligence is an antecedent to the compassionate love servant leadership model. The author describes the potential value diversity intelligent servant leaders provide to society, organizations, leaders, and especially employees with protected class status. This article addresses the implications of the propositions to theory and explores the intersection of servant leadership and diversity and inclusion research streams, practice describes how organizations and HRD professionals can benefit from and implement these arguments, and social impact discusses the benefits society can accrue when all organizational members are engaged, productive and valued. The Stakeholders. This article benefits organizations, leaders, employees, and HRD professionals as well as leadership and diversity and inclusion scholars and practitioners.

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Section: Diversity Intelligence and Compassionate Love Servant Leadermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Diversity Intelligent Servant Leader: Developing Leaders to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Workforce

Sims

2018

Advances in Developing Human Resources

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“…The regression analysis revealed that social tolerance is associated with higher levels of life satisfaction across countries. Consistent with this, Alnaji et al (2016), using data from 108 nations, point out that tolerance toward immigrants and religious views of citizens is positively related to social well-being. In particular, nearly 12% of global variations in well-being are explained by tolerance to immigrants.…”

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Tolerance, governance and happiness (in)equality: cross-country evidence

Salahodjaev

2021

IJDI

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to extend related literature on life satisfaction. In particular, the author explores the link between tolerance, governance and life satisfaction inequality in a sample of 81 countries. While studies have shown that tolerance and governance are separately linked to subjective well-being, no study has shown their mutual relationship to life satisfaction inequality. Design/methodology/approach Considering the existing link between tolerance and quality of institutions, in this study, the author explores the relationship between tolerance and life satisfaction inequality and the mediating role of governance. This research could be embedded in the framework of ballooning research exploring the effect of societal values on institutions and life satisfaction. Findings The empirical findings suggest more tolerant societies are more likely to have more even levels of life satisfaction, but this correlation is completely mediated by governance. Quality of institutions thus seem to be one of the core channels by which societies that value tolerance achieve more equal distribution of happiness. The author also finds that while GDP per capita evens out happiness, income inequality increases the gap in life satisfaction within society. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first that relies on most up-to-date cross-country data to explore a novel channel through which tolerance may be linked to subjective well-being. In particular, in this study, the author posits that tolerance may have been linked to subjective well-being indirectly via its impact on quality of institutions (governance).

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“…Specifically, an establishment of policies and support systems that focus on Mental Health can assist in allowing for creativity, pushing past challenges, and seeking personal growth. In addition to the KBUD framework that recognizes cultural diversity as an indicator that belongs to socio-cultural development [64], research has found that Diversity enhances community well-being and conditions that enable people to live together and that there is a significant relationship between the well-being of a society and tolerance towards diverse groups that exist within the society [141,142]. In this view, Diversity in the context of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, is a spatial quality that aids in the satisfaction of self-actualization needs.…”

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Methodology for Establishing Well-Being Urban Indicators at the District Level to be Used on the CityScope Platform

Orii

Alonso²,

Larson³

2020

Sustainability

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The MIT Media Lab City Science Group reshapes and reevaluates well-being as an emerging key indicator due the social challenges that cities are facing, such as inequality, police violence, and breaches to safety and security. Well-being in urban environments has been studied extensively, yet most research focuses on one aspect of well-being rather than multiple dimensions of well-being. Existing well-being indices that are used to compare well-being between different countries or to set a standards for well-being consider a variety of aspects that affect well-being, yet they are not specific to urban environments. When considering that no holistic and comprehensive research has been specifically conducted on well-being in urban environments, we research the relationship between the built features of an urban environment and well-being. In this paper, we propose a Well-Being Index composed of five urban indicators—Community Connectedness, Safety & Security, Physical Health, Mental Health, and Diversity—which are each described by a set of urban attributes that enhance well-being. Each attribute is quantified using a calculation formula. In addition to quantifying well-being, the Well-Being Index emphasizes specific urban features that urban planners should consider for future decision-making. We apply the Well-Being Index to predict well-being in Boston, Massachusetts, and Kansas City, Missouri, and we speculate that Boston has higher levels of well-being in terms of the city’s urban features. Based on our results, we provide suggestions for future choices in urban planning and design to improve the areas of well-being that we were able to identify with the Well-Being Index. We emphasize that the Well-Being Index can be applied to any city in the world, and can inform future decision-making for building urban environments through the CityScope platform; a novel methodology of interaction and collaboration by using a data-driven platform that simulates the impacts of interventions on urban ecosystems prior to detail-design and execution.

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Can tolerance of diverse groups improve the wellbeing of societies?

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

The Diversity Intelligent Servant Leader: Developing Leaders to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Workforce

The Diversity Intelligent Servant Leader: Developing Leaders to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Workforce

Tolerance, governance and happiness (in)equality: cross-country evidence

Methodology for Establishing Well-Being Urban Indicators at the District Level to be Used on the CityScope Platform

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