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.
Author Bios
Introduction: Diversity within Diversity: Equality And Managing Diversity
Chapter 1: Pride and Prejudice: The case of Barilla S.p.A.
Chapter 2: Representation of women on corporate boards of directors and firm financial performance
Chapter 3: Demographics, Conflict and Perceived Openness to Diversity
Chapter 4: Influence of Immigrants' Attributes on Unfair Discrimination in Organizations
Chapter 5: Board diversity in audit and finance committees: A case study of Coca-Cola
Chapter 6: Equality and Diversity of Students in Higher Education
Chapter 7: Allyship as a diversity and inclusion tool in the workplace
Chapter 8: Managing diversity and social inclusion in a telecom project: Overcoming cultural and economic barriers
Chapter 9: Managing Workplace Inequality in Mexico: An Analysis of Gender, Age and (Dis)Ability Status
Chapter 10: Managing gender diversity in companies operating in different national contexts: the case of Spanish MNCs in Latin America countries
Chapter 11: Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field
Chapter 12: Gender bias in academia: an attempt to render the intangible tangible.
Chapter 13: Diverse human families and pet friendly work environments: Pawternity of dogs
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.