To combat social inequality, organizations develop and implement initiatives that seek to
improve the status of disadvantaged groups (eg, women, racial/ethnic minority groups) …

People often hold zero-sum beliefs (subjective beliefs that, independent of the actual
distribution of resources, one party's gains are inevitably accrued at other parties' expense) …

One of the major tenets of Critical Race Theory, the interest convergence hypothesis
postulates that policies promising improvements for Black Americans are enacted only to the …

Nine preregistered studies (n= 4197) demonstrate that advantaged group members
misperceive equality as necessarily harming their access to resources and inequality as …

Discrimination continues to plague society, creating stark inequities between groups. While
existing work has considered the role of prejudice in perpetuating discrimination, we draw …

Diversification of police forces is widely promoted as a reform for reducing racial disparities
in police–civilian interactions and increasing police legitimacy. Despite these potential …

Seeing a situation as a zero-sum game, where one party's success must come at the
expense of another, stifles cooperation—even when such cooperation could greatly benefit …

Why do people often pursue social rank using coercive and potentially costly dominance-
oriented strategies (grounded in fear and intimidation) rather than noncoercive prestige …

The success of diversity initiatives depends on the support of those in positions of structural
power—that is, managers. However, managers often resist such initiatives. Existing …

Abstract Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are widely adopted by organizations
to improve work conditions and career outcomes for disadvantaged groups, yet they often …