{"id":27709,"date":"2023-03-20T11:07:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T11:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/discrimination-par-la-personnalite\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:02:47","slug":"discrimination-by-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/discrimination-by-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"What is personality discrimination in the workplace?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Today, March 20, 2023, is spring and World Happiness Day. But what's happiness (or a job) worth if it's not shared?<\/h3>\n<h2>Personality discrimination in the workplace is a form of discrimination based on stereotypes or prejudices linked to employees' appearance, personal preferences and personality traits.<\/h2>\n<p>According to a survey conducted in 2020 by the Observatoire de la Discrimination et de la R\u00e9pression des Discriminations dans l'Emploi et le Travail (ODRED), over 60% of French workers have witnessed or been victims of personality-based discrimination in the workplace. Here's the link to the full report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egalite-professionnelle.gouv.fr\/odred-observatoire-de-la-discrimination-et-de-la-repression-des-discriminations-dans-lemploi-et-le-travail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.egalite-professionnelle.gouv.fr\/odred-observatoire-de-la-discrimination-et-de-la-repression-des-discriminations-dans-lemploi-et-le-travail\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, this type of discrimination is often overlooked and underestimated in diversity and inclusion efforts.<\/p>\n<h2>The nature of the problem<\/h2>\n<p>Personality-based discrimination can take many forms, including stereotyping or prejudice related to appearance, personal preferences and personality traits. This type of discrimination can have serious consequences for employees' mental and physical health, as well as their productivity and commitment to the workplace.<\/p>\n<h2>Situation and state of research<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is often difficult to prove and measure, making data collection and research on the subject more difficult. However, studies have shown that people who are perceived as \"different\" tend to be treated less well at work, and that this can have long-term negative effects on their careers.<\/p>\n<h2>Les rem\u00e8des que l&#8217;on peut apporter \u00e0 la discrimination par la personnalit\u00e9<\/h2>\n<p>It is important that companies take concrete steps to combat discrimination based on personality. This can include diversity and inclusion training, adopting clearer anti-discrimination policies and creating an inclusive working environment that values diversity. Employees must also be encouraged to report any discriminatory behavior and be assured that their voice will be heard and taken into account.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>It's time this discrimination was taken seriously and integrated into corporate diversity and inclusion efforts. By working together to create inclusive work environments, we can ensure that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, regardless of personality or personal preferences. Let's be vigilant on this issue and work together to eradicate personality discrimination in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>NB : Une \u00e9tude men\u00e9e par des chercheurs de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 de Californie \u00e0 Berkeley a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re \u00e0 introduire le concept de discrimination par la personnalit\u00e9 en entreprise. Voici le lien vers l&#8217;\u00e9tude : <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/josi.12216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/josi.12216<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il est temps que la discrimination par la personnalit\u00e9 soit prise au s\u00e9rieux et int\u00e9gr\u00e9e dans les efforts de diversit\u00e9 et d&#8217;inclusion en entreprise<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":27710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318,38,321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manager-rh","category-ressources","category-talent-candidat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58919,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709\/revisions\/58919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digirocks.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}