MGMT 1000 Lecture Notes - Closeted, Mikhail Gorbachev, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
10 Aug 2014
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Corporations created more welcoming environment for homosexuals. Closeted workers suffer anxiety about how others judge them, conceal their orientation. These workers do not engage in collegial banter that promotes importance of workplace bond. Hiding identity causes stress and exhaustion; companies can pitch themselves to gay- oriented media. Creating hospitable climate for all workers is key goal for managers. Those with more progressive attitude toward lgbt demographic have better chance of profitability http://hbr. org/2011/07/for-lgbt-workers-being-out-brings-advantages/ar/1. Of companies and closets: being gay-friendly is cheap and good for business. Corporations now ban discrimination on basis of sexual orientation. Changing attitudes in society have reduced cost of being gay-friendly and raised rewards. Closeted homosexuals find it harder to build connections with colleagues; watch what you say and how you say it http://www. economist. com/node/21547222. They can blind us to new possibilities and restrict our thinking. Successful people find new frames and change identity. Ending the cold war: president regan intent on strengthening own political position and undermined.
