Gender Equality: Barriers Faced by Those Enacting Change with Michelle Ryan

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In the context of achieving workplace gender equality, research and practice has tended to focus on the barriers faced by women. In this seminar, Michelle will shift the focus to look at three barriers faced by those enacting change: 1 complacency, 2 misdiagnosis of the problem, and 3 backlash and resistance. Michelle will discuss emerging evidence and implications for researchers and practitioners. Michelle Ryan is a world renowned gender equality expert, Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology, and the inaugural Director of Global Institute for Women's Leadership at the Australian National University. Her work centres on understanding the psychological processes underlying workplace gender inequality, and designing and implementing innovative and evidence b…

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