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DESCRIPTION:Koji Chavez\n\nIndiana University\n\nThe Diversity Buffer: How 
 the Organization of Diversity Work in the Software Engineering Hiring Proc
 ess Enables Diversity “Happy Talk”\n\nDate: Friday January 9\, 2026\n	Time:
 10:30 AM -12:00 PM\n	Location: Virtual (ZOOM)\n\nAll are cordially invited 
 to attend.\n\nAttend on ZOOM\n\n\nAbstract:\n\nSociologists have long note
 d the pervasiveness of diversity “happy talk”—positive\, but abstract and 
 superficial discourse about topics related to diversity—within U.S. work o
 rganizations. Yet its prevalence is puzzling given that many organizations
  are attempting to increase diversity (perhaps until recently)\, and engag
 ement in such work can undermine happy talk. This article offers a novel e
 xplanation by examining how the work of increasing diversity is structured
  within organizations. Drawing on in-depth interviews with recruiters\, in
 terview evaluators\, and management involved in software engineering hirin
 g\, the authors compare discourse across positions regarding their firms’ 
 diversity efforts. The authors argue that happy talk persists within organ
 izations because the work and responsibility of increasing diversity—which
  threatens happy talk—is structurally confined to recruiters\, a small\, l
 ow-status group. The authors call this structural confinement the diversit
 y buffer and examine its key components. The diversity buffer represents a
 n understudied reason for the ubiquity of diversity happy talk in organiza
 tional life.\n
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SUMMARY:Organizational Behavior Area Virtual Research Seminar Series: Koji 
 Chavez
URL:/desautels/channels/event/organizational-behavior-
 area-virtual-research-seminar-series-koji-chavez-370140
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