Gender Diversity and Inclusion at Work

Divergent Views from Turkey

Zeynep Özsoy, Beyza Oba, Mustafa Şenyücel

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781032155937
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000851311
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

The purpose of this book is to investigate gender diversity practices and discourse developed by listed companies in Turkey. It pursues this aim by advancing knowledge about business relations affecting workplace gender diversity. The research builds on Bourdieu's field approach and implements a Thematic Analysis following Braun and Clarke's (2006) guidelines. The findings of the book are based on data collected from unstructured interviews and secondary sources such as the official documents of national and international organizations, newspapers, legislation, and web pages of the related parties. The findings suggest that the implementation of gender diversity practices may require a transformation of perspective and the conditions regarding the political, economic, and cultural realm for realization of a pervasive movement. Due to the conservative and patriarchal culture, authoritarian rule and neoliberal policies, gender diversity and inclusion are not seen as issues that should be resolved through the commitment and collaboration of a field. Consequently, diversity management practices are instrumentalized by the business community as a means for corporate communication and image building rather than actively building a diverse workforce.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction: they talk diversity and inclusion, but they walk without women
• 1 Global and local perspectives on gender diversity
• 2 The Turkish context: one foot forward, two steps back
• 3 The state: how to withdraw from responsibilities
• 4 International organisations: initiators and facilitators
• 5 Non-governmental organisations: advocates
• 6 Trade unions: the alarming absence of women
• 7 Listed companies: never-ending training and an awareness-raising fetish
• Discussion and conclusion
• Appendix 1 Theoretical background
• Appendix 2 Methodology
• Index