Concept of Covering
Covering at Work
Impact of Covering
Uncovering
200

This type of covering concerns how individuals alter their self-presentation including: grooming, attire, and mannerisms to blend into the mainstream.

What is Appearance-Based Covering?

200

This occurred with greater frequency within groups that have been historically underrepresented.

What is Covering?

200

This can negatively impact an individual’s sense of self and diminish their organizational commitment.


What is covering?


200

This distinguish proper covering demands from improper one.

What is Organization’s Values ?

400

This type of covering concerns how individuals avoid behaviors widely associated with their identity, often to negate stereotypes about that identity.

What is Affiliation-based?

400

This category of people reported 67% of covering.

Who are Women of Color?

400

In an organization, these people signal to others how they should think, act, and feel.


What are leaders?


400

This is a type of form of organizational self-reflection.

What is Reflect?

600

This type of covering concern shows how individuals avoid contact with other group members.

What is Association-based?

600

Political Scientist Robert Putnam classifies the concerns solidarity within a group as this type of capital.

What is Bonding?

600

Lack of this can lead to decreased employee commitment.


What are opportunities?


600

This is a term for testing the hypothesis generation by the self-reflection.

What is Diagnose?

800

This type of covering concerns how much individuals “stick up for” their group.

What is Advocacy-based?

800

Political Scientist Robert Putnam classifies the concerns solidarity across groups as this type of capital.

What is Bridging?

800

Those set of expectations that cannot be attributed to a particular person or group.


What is culture?


800

This is a phase when the company begins to examine covering behaviors.

What is Analyze Phase?

1000

In 1963 this person coined the term “covering” to describe how even individuals with known stigmatized identities made a “great effort to keep the stigma from looming large”.

Who is Erving Goffman?

1000

These visuals can be used by an organization concerned about its inclusion efforts with regard to a particular population.  

What is Group-based covering charts?

1000

In many organizations, people feel they have to meet this to be successful.


What are existing norms?


1000

This is a process when organizations can use the values assessment to identify leadership and cultural solutions.

What is Initiate Phase?