There are 4 types of social support -

• Emotional - people willing to listen and empathize 
• Enablement - people willing to help and provide tangible aid
• Informative - people willing to offer advice and suggestions 
• Appraisal - people willing to provide feedback and situational awareness

Best practices for providing social support for marginalized employees.  

• Job shadowing - let marginalized employees observe the work of more experienced employees
• Mentoring - team a marginalized employee with a successful role model 
• Coaching - provide coaching incentives to the mentor 
• Teaming - connect the marginalized employee with similar others 
• Confidants - find an employee willing to lend a sympathetic ear 
• Positive feedback - create opportunities for co-workers to provide positive feedback 

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