Competencies: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Question 1

A feeling that one’s success is due to luck, not hard work or skill; can lead individuals to feeling unfit for their current role.

Answer 1

Imposter syndrome

Question 2

Extent to which each person in an organization feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued as a team member.

Answer 2

Inclusion

Question 3

Voluntary group for employees who share a particular diversity dimension (race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.); also known as affinity group or network group.

Answer 3

Employee resource group (ERG)

Question 4

The similarities and differences between individuals, accounting for all aspects of one’s personality and individual identity.

Answer 4

Diversity

Question 5

Additional workload that is generated for members of an underrepresented group du to their requested participation in DE&I efforts.

Answer 5

Cultural taxation

Question 6

Defensive behavior that occurs when an organization recruits a diverse workforce but, consciously or otherwise, promotes assimilation rather than inclusion.

Answer 6

Covering

Question 7

Refers to a workforce that approaches problems using different conceptual thought approaches that may stem from atypical brain structure, for example, attention deficit disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and anything categorized as existing on the autism spectrum.

Answer 7

Neurodiversity