# kaal:claim:3071378-019

**Claim.** Diversity programs fail when managers are defined as the source of the problem and succeed when they engage managers in finding solutions, as with task forces and targeted recruiting.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- corporate diversity programs studied in the cited research

**Source quote.**

> In programs that did not work, managers were often defined as the source of the problem.67 Some of the more successful programs involved task forces and targeted recruiting efforts which engaged the managers in finding solutions.68

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III.1 Corporate Structure, page 16

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `125f01674d13b6bb0310c4be7a20ff538dccbc36ecf352770b3c580028387edd` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202017%20-%20Blockchain%20Technology%20and%20Race%20in%20Corporate%20America.pdf

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** diversity-programs, manager-engagement, task-forces, targeted-recruiting, program-design

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