Handbook of Workplace Diversity

Alison M Konrad, Pushkala Prasad, Judith Pringle, Alison M Konrad, Pushkala Prasad, Judith Pringle

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN: 9780761944225
• eBook ISBN: 9781446206867
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Ethics
• Index: Business

`By assembling an international cast of contributors from all walks of research life, Professors Prasad, Pringle and Konrad successfully broaden the scope of scholarly discourse on workplace diversity. This stimulating volume considers how to define this fuzzy construct, what "differences" are more important than others, and how to make best use of alternative research methods at different levels of analysis. It reviews what we have learned about workplace diversity along several important dimensions (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity, weight, sexual orientation, disabilities, class), and it offers useful recommendations for how to conduct future research that will expand our knowledge of the implications of diversity for individuals, marginalized groups, work organizations, and societies? - Gary N Powell, Professor of Management, University of Connecticut

`In this much-needed handbook, an international collection of first-rate scholars deals incisively and perceptively with the problems of diversity, difference, inclusion, and cultural pluralism in organizations. This handbook will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students - one of those books that stays on the top of the desk, covered with bookmarks? - Joanne Martin, Stanford University

Globalization and its melting pot of different nationalities, ethnicities and cultures is attracting research that is gathering in substance and theory. A dynamic new field that represents a significant focus within management and organisation studies is emerging.

This handbook showcases the scope of international perspectives that exist on workplace diversity and is the first to define this hotly contested field.

Part one of the handbook dissects the theoretical reasons and shows how the study of workplace diversity follows different directions. Part two critiques quantitative and qualitative research methods within the field, while Part three investigates the parallels and distinctions between different workplace groups. Key issues are drawn together in an insightful introduction from the editors, and future directions for research are proposed in the conclusion.

The Handbook of Workforce Diversity is an indispensable resource for students and academics of human resource management, organisational behaviour, organisational psychology and organisation studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Examining the Contours of Workplace Diversity: Concepts, Contexts and Challenges
• Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 1 - Psychological Perspectives on Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 2 - Human Resource Strategies to Manage Workforce Diversity: Examining 'The Business Case'
• Chapter 3 - Diversity: Making Space for a Better Case
• Chapter 4 - From Managing Equality to Managing Diversity: A Critical Scandinavian Perspective on Gender and Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 5 - The Jewel in the Crown: Postcolonial Theory and Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 6 - Diversity as Resistance and Recuperation: Critical Theory, Post-Structuralist Perspectives and Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 7 - Diversity: The Cultural Logic Of Global Capital?
• Part II: Methods for Studying Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 8 - What Is Diversity and How Should It Be Measured?
• Chapter 9 - Feminist Qualitative REsearch and Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 10 - Measures for Quantitative Diversity Scholarship
• Part III: Dimensions of Workplace Diversity
• Chapter 11 - Of Small Steps and the Longing for Giant Leaps: Research on the Intersection of Sex and Gender within Workplaces and Organizations
• Chapter 12 - Men, Masculinities and Workplace Diversity/Diversion: Power, Intersections and Contradictions
• Chapter 13 - Race and Ethnicity in Organizations
• Chapter 14 - Age and Ageism in Organizations: A Review and Consideration of Nature Culture
• Chapter 15 - Seven Conversations about the Same Thing: Homophopia and Hetrosexism in the Workplace
• Chapter 16 - The Influence of Disability on Role-Taking in Organizations
• Chapter 17 - Locating Class in Organizational Diversity Work: Class as Structure, Style and Process
• Chapter 18 - Outcomes of Apperance and Obesity in Organizations
• Chapter 19 - Geyond Inclusion and Equity: Contributions from Transnational Anti-Racist Feminism
• Chapter 20 - Trade Unions and Equality and Diversity
• Chapter 21 - Critical Diversity Management Practice in Australia: Romanced or Co-opted?
• Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions
• Index