Handbook of Workplace Diversity
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
"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 I of the Handbook dissects the theoretical reasons and shows how the study of workplace diversity follows different directions. Part II critiques quantitative and qualitative research methods within the field, while Part III 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, organizational behavior, organizational psychology and organization studies.
About the Author
Alison M. Konrad is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and holder of the Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management at the Richard Ivey School of Business, U. of Western Ontario. Previously, she was Professor of Human Resource Administration at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management, where she taught for 15 years. She received her Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University in 1987 and held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University from 1986 to 1988.
Professor Konrad was Chair of the Academy of Management’s Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division in 1996-97 and President of the Eastern Academy of Management in 1997-98. She is the 2003-07 Editor of Group and Organization Management, a ranked journal in the fields of management and applied psychology. She is an Associate Editor of the journal, Gender, Work and Organization and a past editorial board member for the Academy of Management Review.
She has published over 30 articles and chapters on topics relating to workplace diversity in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Gender, Work and Organization, Group and Organization Management, Human Relations, Psychological Bulletin, Sex Roles, and the Strategic Management Journal. Professor Konrad’s forthcoming book, the Sage Publications “Handbook of Workplace Diversity” (co-edited with Pushkala Prasad and Judith Pringle) is an international edited collection of conceptual perspectives on the topic of diversity within the field of organizational studies. Professor Konrad’s current work focuses on organizational diversity and inclusivity initiatives, job retention among former welfare clients, and the links between individual preferences and career outcomes for women and men.
Handbook of Workplace Diversity,Alison M. Konrad,Pushkala Prasad,Judith K Pringle,Sage Publications Ltd,0761944222,Business / Economics / Finance,Business Ethics,Diversity in the workplace,Sociology,Workplace Culture,Business & Economics / Business Ethics
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