Allyship Readiness Scale Development and Validation
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description: Like any other organizational initiative, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts require substantial work, which can take a toll on those involved. This toll has, in many instances, disproportionally fallen on members of historically marginalized groups, resulting in what has been defined as the “minority tax” (Faucett et al., 2023). This additional burden placed on minority individuals, who are often expected to volunteer their time and expertise for such efforts while also fulfilling their regular job responsibilities, places unnecessary stress on underrepresented groups. This negative pattern highlights the importance of developing strong allies from other members within the workplace to alleviate this load and promote a more equitable environment. Allies are individuals who practice allyship by recognizing their privilege and using their resources, such as their voice, actions, and platforms, to disrupt and dismantle inequality (Sabat et al., 2013). Despite the increased discourse of allyship in different contexts including the workplace, research highlights the urgent need to develop research-based allyship interventions and evidence-based allyship methods (e.g., Salter & Migliaccio, 2019). Given the clear importance of allies in society and the urgent need to further explore allyship, it is critical to have valid and reliable measures that evaluate constructs related to allyship such as competences or readiness. This dissertation aims to contribute to addressing this critical gap by developing and validating the Allyship Readiness Scale (ARS), a theoretically grounded and psychometrically robust instrument designed to assess the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dimensions of allyship readiness. Drawing from Social Identity Theory (Tajfel, 1974), training needs assessment literature, and the five-stage ally identity development model proposed by Martinez et al. (2023), this paper conceptualized allyship readiness as a multidimensional construct enco…
abstract: Like any other organizational initiative, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts require substantial work, which can take a toll on those involved. This toll has, in many instances, disproportionally fallen on members of historically marginalized groups, resulting in what has been defined as the “minority tax” (Faucett et al., 2023). This additional burden placed on minority individuals, who are often expected to volunteer their time and expertise for such efforts while also fulfilling their regular job responsibilities, places unnecessary stress on underrepresented groups. This negative pattern highlights the importance of developing strong allies from other members within the workplace to alleviate this load and promote a more equitable environment. Allies are individuals who practice allyship by recognizing their privilege and using their resources, such as their voice, actions, and platforms, to disrupt and dismantle inequality (Sabat et al., 2013). Despite the increased discourse of allyship in different contexts including the workplace, research highlights the urgent need to develop research-based allyship interventions and evidence-based allyship methods (e.g., Salter & Migliaccio, 2019). Given the clear importance of allies in society and the urgent need to further explore allyship, it is critical to have valid and reliable measures that evaluate constructs related to allyship such as competences or readiness. This dissertation aims to contribute to addressing this critical gap by developing and validating the Allyship Readiness Scale (ARS), a theoretically grounded and psychometrically robust instrument designed to assess the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dimensions of allyship readiness. Drawing from Social Identity Theory (Tajfel, 1974), training needs assessment literature, and the five-stage ally identity development model proposed by Martinez et al. (2023), this paper conceptualized allyship readiness as a multidimensional construct enco…
author: Argote, Nohelia
keywords: Allyship, Allyship Readiness Scale, Diversity equity inclusion, Scale, Workplace inclusion, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Social Psychology
date published: 2025-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:41:17Z
provider: Claremont Graduate University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Claremont Graduate University