Astrid Homan has been appointed professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
On the 13th of October, she held her inaugural speech “Four Differences! The Many Faces of Diversity”. In her speech, Astrid highlights the complexity of effective diversity management, and calls for an evidence-based approach. By working in an evidence-based way, she argues, it is possible to help employees, leaders, and organisations bring people with different backgrounds and ideas closer together, thereby utilising and emphasizing the positive side of diversity. You can read her full speech here in Dutch.
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