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		<title>Issues in College Access</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/issues-in-college-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As parents and students try to determine their academic fate during these turbulent economic times, higher education is experiencing a phenomenon that many institutions are trying to capitalize on, while other institutions struggle to survive. Many smaller, tuition-driven institutions, are using this economic collapse as an opportunity to re-evaluate their core values and identities as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=164&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Repatriation Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the global economy rapidly approaches its financial meltdown, many are beginning to question the presence and value (or lack thereof) of foreign workers and other outsourcing multinational companies.  On April 23, 2009 Hiroko Tabuchi, a New York Times columnist, reported on Japan&#8217;s &#8216;Repatration Plan,&#8217; titled; Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home, Forever.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=159&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Holder: U.S. Fears Racial Topics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general said that the U.S. is &#8220;a nation of cowards&#8221; regarding race relations.  He defended his statement by highlighting the differences in the racial divide of our American weekend lives by connecting to the pre- and post- civil rights era.  Although he did not provide [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=147&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Western Conflict with Chinese Business Leadership</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/modern-dilemma-of-chinese-business-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As referenced in my previous post, Leadership and Chinese CEO&#8217;s, I alluded to the difficulty in blending Western business philosophies and values with Chinese culture, Confucianism, and communist ideologies.  Comparatively, there is little research regarding this area of study, making it difficult for both West and East to come to a mutual understanding.  The Chinese [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=136&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Differences On Group Tasks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cox, Taylor H. Sharon A. Lobel, Poppy L. McLeod. Effects of Ethnic Group Cultural Differences on Cooperative and Competitive Behavior on a Group Task. The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1991. Pgs. 827-847. As much as group-dynamic literature is focused on traditional white Anglo-American men in the workplace, “this study examined the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=130&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Reflection: Obama, Politics, and Race</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/self-reflection-politics-and-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has come to my attention recently, that after speaking with dozens of students across a variety of institutions throughout the northeast and other colleagues at these respective institutions, there is a recurring concern among college administrators that the current millennium generation may not understand the significance of the election of Barack Obama.  This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=126&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Experience &amp; Networking Affects Demographic Minorities</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/how-networking-affects-demographic-minorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westphal, James D. and Laurie P. Milton. How Experience and Network Ties Affect the Influence of Demographic Minorities on Corporate Boards. Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Jun., 2000), pgs. 366-398. This article examines the influence of demographic majority and minority executive directors in diverse decision making groups and their ability to assimilate according [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=121&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Chinese CEO&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/leadership-and-chinese-ceos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tsui, Anne S., Hui Wang, Katherine Xin, Lihua Zhang, P.P. Fu. Variation of Leadership Styles Among Chinese CEO’s. Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 1, pgs. 5-20, 2004. The goal of this study was to identify key Chinese CEO leadership styles, variations between firms and styles, and the level of effectiveness of styles and its impact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=117&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Firm Diversity and Performance</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/firm-diversity-and-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard, Orlando C. Racial Diversity, Business Strategy, and Firm Performance: A Resource-Based View. The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr., 2000), pgs. 164-177. As is evident by the title, the author examined the correlation between companies’ racial diversity, business strategy, and firm performance. The purpose of this study was to provide insight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=114&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race and Politics</title>
		<link>http://diversityessentials.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/race-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As history has been made, and so much of it is focused on the election of a black man into office, it is important to understand and realize that racism is not gone, it is in fact, still very strong and present.  As we are experiencing the new forms of racism on a daily life, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diversityessentials.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4341500&amp;post=111&amp;subd=diversityessentials&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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