Managing the Organizational Melting Pot Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity [Paperback]

Some of the more troublesome and disturbing aspects of workplace diversity are illuminated in this volume - individual and institutional resistance, the effectiveness of diversity change efforts and the less visible ways in which exclusion and discrimination continue to be practised in the workplace.

To help the reader understand some of these dilemmas, the contributors adopt a number of theoretical frameworks which are striking departures from traditional perspectives on diversity. These include: intergroup relations theory; critical theory; Jungian psychology; feminism; post- colonial theory; cultural history; postmodernism; realism; institutional theory; and class analysis. In addition, they examine different organizatioSome of the more troublesome and disturbing aspects of workplace diversity are illuminated in this volume - individual and institutional resistance, the effectiveness of diversity change efforts and the less visible ways in which exclusion and discrimination continue to be practised in the workplace.

To help the reader understand some of these dilemmas, the contributors adopt a number of theoretical frameworks which are striking departures from traditional perspectives on diversity. These include: intergroup relations theory; critical theory; Jungian psychology; feminism; post- colonial theory; cultural history; postmodernism; realism; institutional theory; and class analysis. In addition, they examine different organizatioPART ONE: INTRODUCTION
From Showcase to Shadow - Pushkala Prasad and Albert J Mills
Understanding the Dilemmas of Managing Workplace Diversity
PART TWO: THEORIZING THE DILEMMAS OF WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
(In)corporating the Other? Managing the Politics of Workplace Difference - J Michael Cavanagh
The Sexually Specific Subject and the Dilemma of Difference - Collette Oseen
Re-Thinking the Dl…