... be implemented, and what results they can realistically achieve (Nishii et al., 2018). Furthermore, backlash against DEI practices has become increasingly prominent and politically successful (Murray and Bohannon, 2025). While prior research has explored the impact of individual DEI practices...

.../methodology/approach The article employs a critical high-level literature review of recent DEI-related articles, news stories on the current backlash and existing scholarly literature in both diversity and positive organizational scholarship. Findings Traditional DEI initiatives, often focused...

... exercises create the appearance of inclusion. Interpersonally, cis-heteronormative microaggressions persist, disproportionately marginalising transgender and gender-diverse employees. Politically, a growing global and national backlash against DEI initiatives and Rainbow communities has left Rainbow...

...-DEI labels reduces backlash among White male and conservative employees. Design/methodology/approach We used two experiments to test our hypotheses. In study 1, participants (N = 117) were randomly assigned to review a company website that described either “diversity and inclusion...

... of belongingness. Societal backlash against DEI efforts can impact both organizational framing of DEI efforts and organizational decisions regarding DEI practice. As a result, DEI backlash can disrupt alignment between framing and practice, sending a signal that may negatively impact employee belongingness...

..., the authors shed light on the discursive and relational mechanisms that characterise the denial of Islamophobia undertaken by political actors who use “reverse racism” arguments as a form of backlash, i.e. a strategy of “fragility” (DiAngelo, 2018) consisting in maintaining artificially a never-ending...