Drawing on decades of research from industrial-organizational psychology (I-O psychology) and related fields, this paper aims to answer four basic questions leaders are asking right now:
(a) What does DEI actually mean;
(b) what is the current legal environment, and what does that environment require of organizations as they implement or modify DEI practices;
(c) what does the research say about common beliefs and myths about DEI; and
(d) what should we do?