Stockdale, Crosby

The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity

Ed. by Margaret Stockdale and Faye J. Crosby

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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Immigration and globalization, combined with new civil rights laws and changes in public opinion have resulted in vastly increased workplace diversity in the last half-century. The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversitay is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide sophisticated and comprehensive views of the challenges and opportunities that diversity poses for organizations, their leaders, and their members.
Provides sophisticated and comprehensive views of the challenges and opportunities that workplace diversity poses for organizations, their leaders, and their members.
Examines how diversity has, does, and should work with respect to a series of dimensions, including gender, race or ethnicity, age, disability, obesity, sexual orientation, and social class.
Offers guidance on how organizations can change to become more multiculturally inclusive, describes diversity management around the globe, and suggests some strategies for managing diversity.
Supplemented with a website - www.blackwellpublishing.com/stockdale - that includes an activity guide and testbank.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Little Simon an
• Seitenzahl: 377
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781405100960
• ISBN-10: 1405100966
• Artikelnr.: 14183248

Autorenporträt

Margaret S. Stockdale is Associate Professor and the Experimental Program Director in the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She has published numerous journal articles and several books, including Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (1996, edited) and Women and Men in Organizations: Sex and Gender Issues in the Workplace (2000, with Jeanette N. Cleveland and Kevin R. Murphy). In addition to her academic work Dr. Stockdale is an active applied psychology consultant. Faye J. Crosby is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has published numerous books, reviews, and articles in the area of social justice, including Juggling (1991), still widely cited for its role in influencing employers' views of working mothers. She is also the editor of Sex, Race and Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment (2000, with Cheryl VanDeVeer) and Spouse, Parent, Worker: On Gender and Multiple Roles (1987).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.

Foreword: Robin J. Ely (Harvard Business School).

Preface: Margaret S. Stockdale (Southern Illinois University,Carbondale) and Faye J. Crosby (University of California, SantaCruz).

Part I: Foundation.

Part II: Models and Processes.

Part III: Diverse Groups.

Part IV: Further Developments.

References.

Biographic Summaries.

Subject Index.

Author Index.

Rezensionen

"This book will be of major interest to scholars and practitionersinterested in learning how to manage diversity in the workplace.The editors have assembled a savvy panel of authors who providepractical, theoretically-based suggestions for creating andsustaining diversity with the goal of strengthening employeerelations and organizational effectiveness. Particularly noteworthyare the separate chapters devoted to the unique problems associatedwith different dimensions of diversity including race andethnicity, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation andobesity." Samuel L. Gaertner, University of Delaware

"A well-conceived, scholarly treatment of workplacediversity and management. Thorough in its coverage, well-writtenand edited, this timely volume is a must read for scholars,students and practitioners alike. Excellent!" Robert D.Ridge, Brigham Young University

"This book nicely combines organizational diversity issues withattention to the experience of under-represented groups. Thisunique combination puts workplace diversity in context." LindaM. Hite, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

"Immigration and globalization, combined with new civil rightslaws and changes in public opinion, have resulted in vastlyincreased workplace diversity in the last 50 years. This collectionprovides a timely addition to current offerings in the field."Business Horizons, 47/5 September-October 2004 (75-84)