Diversity in Organizations

Bringing together contributions from leading international researchers and lecturers in the field of diversity, this new core textbook introduces key concepts, research findings and practices to provide students with a comprehensive overview of diversity management. It adopts an integrative and practical approach throughout, providing real insight into how exclusion is created and maintained in organizations, and how it is being tackled by the European Union's member states. Packed full of key term definitions, lively examples and easy to understand theory, this accessible text provides approaches to diversity and inclusivity which recognise the importance of organizational and individual considerations in historical, political, social and cultural contexts. This is an ideal text undergraduate and postgraduate students studying modules related to managing diversity, gender and equality in organizations.

An exciting new edition of our core textbook written specifically for students studying diversity management, it explores all of the key areas of managing diversity in modern organisations. Written by a team of leading experts drawn from nine different countries it provides an authoritative yet accessible and engaging account of the realities of diversity in the workplace and equips students with the frameworks, tools and techniques to understand and help develop and sustain inclusive and diverse organizations. Thoroughly updated throughout, this textbook is the ideal course companion for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA modules in diversity management. New to this Edition: - Three new chapters on the highly important issues of diversity and teams, diversity and change, and critical reflections on diversity management - New coverage of key diversity challenges facing contemporary organizations - Brand new cases and vignettes highlighting real-world issues