Overview
Managing diversity plays a crucial part in enabling every member of the workforce to perform up to their full potential. Managers demand satisfactory performance from every member of their workforce and expect the best of their employees. But often, diversity and its management are not viewed as clear contributors to the organization's performance and bottom-line. Managing and leveraging diversity are set aside from the rest of the organization and hence, they are often undervalued amid all the other barriers that companies face. Whilst there is no single tried-and-tested ""solution"" to diversity and no easy way to manage implementation barriers, this edited collection of case studies from around the globe provides new insights for practitioners, managers, students and researchers. The book seeks to shed light on existing practices disseminating the value of diversity, whilst opening the road toward a wider perspective on its definitions. The contributors provide critical reflections of the current discourse on different types of diversity in heterogenous organizations around the world.
Full Product Details
Author: Dr Andri Georgiadou (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus) ,
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia) ,
Miguel R. Olivas-Luján (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume: 22
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.626kg
ISBN: 9781789731729
ISBN 10: 1789731720
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 May 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Contributed by business and other scholars from Europe, South America, Australia, Nigeria, and the US, the 13 case studies in this book outline types of diversity in organizations around the world and challenges faced by management in establishing effective diversity management approaches. They discuss prejudicial corporate statements directed toward LGBT people and their effect on the Italian multinational Barilla, as well as its responses; the relationship between the participation of women on executive boards of directors and the effect on a firm's financial performance; whether individuals' perception of work group members' openness to diversity depends on their demographic groups; the factors that create unfair discrimination toward immigrant employees; whether diverse executives are placed in positions that best utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views, looking at the case of Coca-Cola; the equality and diversity of students in higher education; how allyship can be used as a diversity management tool to reduce discrimination in the workplace; the diversity and social inclusion benefits from a nonprofit rural telecom initiative in Mexico; the gaps in effectiveness of Mexico's labor legislation regarding equality in employment; gender diversity in Spanish multinational companies in Latin American countries; inclusive leadership; gender bias in academia; and the role and benefit of dogs in work environments. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *
Contributed by business and other scholars from Europe, South America, Australia, Nigeria, and the US, the 13 case studies in this book outline types of diversity in organizations around the world and challenges faced by management in establishing effective diversity management approaches. They discuss prejudicial corporate statements directed toward LGBT people and their effect on the Italian multinational Barilla, as well as its responses; the relationship between the participation of women on executive boards of directors and the effect on a firm's financial performance; whether individuals' perception of work group members' openness to diversity depends on their demographic groups; the factors that create unfair discrimination toward immigrant employees; whether diverse executives are placed in positions that best utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views, looking at the case of Coca-Cola; the equality and diversity of students in higher education; how allyship can be used as a diversity management tool to reduce discrimination in the workplace; the diversity and social inclusion benefits from a nonprofit rural telecom initiative in Mexico; the gaps in effectiveness of Mexico's labor legislation regarding equality in employment; gender diversity in Spanish multinational companies in Latin American countries; inclusive leadership; gender bias in academia; and the role and benefit of dogs in work environments. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Author Information
Andri GEORGIADOU (FHEA, PhD, MSc, MBA, PgC, BSc) is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus) and a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA). Maria-Alejandra GONZALEZ-PEREZ (PhD, MBS, Psy) is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia). She is the regional chapter chair (2018-2021) for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Academy of International Business (AIB). Miguel R. OLIVAS-LUJÁN (PhD) is a Professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania (USA). A chairperson for the Management Education & Development of the Academy of Management (2014-19), his research agenda includes: Diversity, Information Technologies, Culture, Nonprofits, and related.
