Index

Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations

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Publication date: 10 June 2014

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(2014), "Index", Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-2333(2014)0000001018

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INDEX

Abstract job
, 5, 208

Acting white
, 73

Affirmative action
, 12, 53, 58, 83–84, 104, 164, 210, 212

Age

ageism
, 29, 93, 135, 137, 140, 144–148, 150

cohorts
, 7–8, 135–136, 138, 145

discrimination
, 136, 139–143, 145, 146

elderly
, 138, 141–142, 144, 146, 149–150, 179

employment
, 136, 137, 141, 143, 146

ethnicity
, 81–97, 137, 143, 148

faith/spirituality
, 3–4, 10, 13, 21–23, 44, 71, 92, 120, 128, 188–196, 199–200, 205, 215

gender
, 3–4, 7–9, 11–14, 16–17, 21–24, 26, 32, 37, 39, 43–51, 53, 55–60, 71–72, 74, 87, 90–92, 94–95, 97, 99–122, 128–130, 132, 137, 143, 148–149, 152–153, 161–162, 177–178, 181, 200, 205, 209, 212, 215, 217

intersectionality
, 45–58, 61, 66, 82, 85, 92, 95, 102, 196

relations
, 4, 8, 11, 17, 21, 28, 33, 47–48, 53, 58, 60, 72, 88, 91, 97, 100, 102, 109–111, 117–118, 125, 131, 135–137, 142, 146–147, 151–152, 157–158, 161, 166, 173, 202, 206, 209, 216

social class
, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 16, 22, 32, 43, 45–47, 50, 57–58, 72, 74, 92, 94, 97, 99–101, 104, 108, 110–111, 120, 122, 128–129, 144, 149, 151–168, 179, 205, 215

successful aging paradigm
, 138, 147

teens
, 9

Xers
, 15

workplace
, 3, 7–8, 14, 17, 20–23, 25, 27, 33, 37, 54, 58, 68–69, 73, 80–82, 85, 87–89, 91–93, 99, 101, 103–106, 108, 110–111, 113, 118–137, 139–140, 142, 144–145, 151–153, 156, 159, 163–164, 166, 169–170, 172–174, 177, 185, 188–197, 199–200, 202–203, 208–211, 213–214

young-old dichotomy
, 14

Age studies
, 145–146

Alger, Horatio Jr.
, 159

American dream
, 83, 152, 159–160, 165, 168

Asian American, see Ethnicity

Australia
, 143, 171, 173–174

Binary dualisms/opposites
, 12–13, 24, 28, 38, 39, 66, 86, 177, 181

Boards of directors
, 3, 87, 167

Breadwinning
, 108, 111

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
, 11

Business case
, 3–6, 18–19, 21, 45, 71, 83, 130, 206–207, 210–212, 216

Capitalism
, 15, 92, 160, 166

Caucasian/White, see Ethnicity

China, Chinese
, 156, 162

Code switching
, 72

Colonialism
, 47, 59, 104, 153, 164

Color-blind racism
, 82, 91, 94

Combahee River Collective
, 49

Collars

blue
, 13, 43, 74, 94, 129, 151, 155, 157–158, 163, 166

brown
, 11, 19, 43, 75, 96, 138, 148–149, 157, 166

pink
, 157, 166

white
, 3, 5, 8, 13, 15–16, 19, 22–23, 28, 30, 32, 38–39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 52, 57, 67–69, 71–73, 79, 81–84, 86–88, 90–97, 104, 108, 111, 116, 129, 138, 144, 152, 155–157, 159, 161–163, 166, 171, 190, 206–207, 214

Communication, theory
, 9, 17, 21, 30, 38, 48, 58, 65, 74, 76, 79, 87, 94, 116, 141, 171, 173, 195, 206, 208

Crisis events
, 207

Critical/cultural theory
, 124, 130

Critical race theory
, 28, 40, 47, 54, 81, 85

Culture

biculturalism
, 72

blindness to culture
, 56, 91

communication
, 9, 17, 21, 23, 27, 30, 38, 48, 58, 61, 65–66, 68, 74, 76–79, 84, 87, 94, 116, 141, 149, 152, 171, 176, 182, 195, 206, 208

definitions
, 67, 78, 102, 156, 197, 206

dominant culture
, 35

double consciousness
, 65, 72, 89–90

Eastern
, 16, 70, 77, 188

ethnicity
, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 80

Hofstede theory cultural dimensions
, 69–70

interpreters
, 75

intersectionality
, 66

Japanese management model
, 74

lifestyle
, 65, 66, 68, 77, 112, 127–128

local influences
, 66

majority population/main culture
, 68

multiculturalism
, 66, 69, 71

multinational corporations
, 70, 71, 76

multiple thought communities
, 66

organizational culture
, 73–77, 78, 79

paradox of culture
, 73

popular culture
, 67

research challenges
, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79

rival interpretive communities
, 66

stereotypes
, 66, 67, 79

stories
, 66, 67

Western
, 13, 18, 49, 66, 68, 70, 77, 101, 136, 139, 143, 173, 188, 201

workplace culture (climate)
, 14

worldview
, 66, 67, 73

Darwin, Charles
, 162

“Deaf President Now!”
, 182–184

Difference

definitions
, 5

in organizations
, 4, 7, 215

Disability theory
, 43

Diversity

celebration
, 69

definition
, 34, 82

demographic
, 82, 83, 84

embodying diversity
, 53

enabling full potential
, 59, 92, 104

endless diversity
, 31

goals
, 48

heterogeneity
, 211, 213

homogeneity
, 207, 214

imagined
, 94

intra-group
, 28, 31

lip service
, 85

managing
, 205–217

organizational commitment
, 53

in organizations
, 18, 20

Reaction-To-Diversity Inventory
, 213

real diversity
, 6, 18, 19, 21

responsibility
, 07–208, 217

requisite variety
, 96

“small wins”
, 213, 215

social identity diversity
, 189, 192, 199–200

trade organizations
, 209

training
, 85, 86, 208, 210, 212, 213

traps
, 213

Enron Corporation
, 166

Essentialism
, 12, 14, 41, 46, 48, 51, 56, 67, 71, 75, 76, 206, 216, 217

Ethnicity
, 3–4, 7, 11, 13–14, 16, 21–23, 26, 39, 43–45, 55, 58–60, 65–69, 71, 80–85, 87, 89, 91–93, 95–97, 99–101, 110–111, 119–120, 122, 128–129, 137, 143, 148, 152–153, 162–163, 177, 179, 181, 195–196, 200, 205, 207, 215

African Americans
, 8, 9, 18, 46, 47, 50, 52, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 103, 104, 111, 122, 125, 163, 164

Asians, Asian Americans
, 50, 53, 78, 79, 88, 89, 95, 97

Caucasian/White(ness)
, 30, 47, 49, 52, 57, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 129, 152, 159, 161–162, 163

gender
, 87, 90, 92, 94, 95, 100, 101, 102, 103–106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 115

jobs
, 83, 84, 85, 93, 94

Latino/as
, 82, 88, 89, 91, 82, 88, 89, 91, 157, 163, 167

model minority
, 79, 91, 95

Native Americans
, 163

organizations
, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94

physical characteristics
, 84

“postrace” society
, 82

power
, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 96

prejudice
, 82, 93, 95

privilege
, 84, 93

“race”
, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91

racism
, 85, 86, 90, 93, 94

Eugenics
, 8, 97

Faith/spirituality
, 3–4, 10, 13, 21–23, 44, 71, 92, 120, 128, 188–196, 199–200, 205, 215

Anglicism
, 188

Buddhism
, 190

Catholics
, 188

Christians
, 13, 16, 19, 199

Confucianism
, 188

diversity
, 14, 18–19, 20, 21, 23, 24

dress
, 194, 200

God gap
, 193, 200

Hindus
, 36

intersectionalities
, 86, 92, 96

Islam
, 53, 188, 189, 190

Judaism
, 188, 190

lived religion
, 191, 198–199

“Nones”
, 189

Pagans
, 188

public, private sector
, 190, 191

Quakerism
, 188

religion-spirituality dichotomy
, 196–198

religiosity at work
, 194

Sikhs
, 36, 199

symbols
, 198, 200, 202

Taoism
, 188

Wiccans
, 13

workplace conflicts
, 199

Feminism/feminist theory
, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 22, 28, 30, 32, 40, 47, 49, 85, 101–103, 104, 109, 110, 112, 113, 130, 153, 177, 178, 208

Femininity/feminization
, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 22, 101, 102, 109, 112, 113

Fortune 500/1000
, 19, 104

Gallaudet University
, 182–184

Gender
, 3–4, 7–9, 11–14, 16–17, 21–24, 26, 32, 37, 39, 43–51, 53, 55–60, 71–72, 74, 87, 90–92, 94–95, 97, 99–122, 128–130, 132, 137, 143, 148–149, 152–153, 161–162, 177–178, 181, 200, 205, 209, 212, 215, 217

age
, 101, 102, 105, 110

androgyny
, 101, 112

bisexuality
, 102

cisgender
, 113

clothing/dress
, 112

division of labor
, 101

domination/submission
, 100

ethnicity
, 50, 53, 55, 58, 59, 60

family friendly policies
, 107

harassment
, 10

home-work balance
, 100, 114

intersectionalities
, 110–111, 118

metrosexual
, 112

mommy track
, 107

occupations
, 101, 103, 109–110

power
, 101, 103–106

roles
, 101–103, 108

salaries
, 108

sex
, 100, 102, 114, 117

sexism
, 19, 104, 114

social capital
, 107, 111

social class
, 101, 104, 108, 110–112

stereotypes
, 105, 107, 109, 112

transgender
, 101, 112–113, 114

transvestite
, 112, 113

workplace barriers
, 103

Genocide
, 8

Glass ceiling (and other metaphors)
, 19, 91, 92, 104–105, 110, 115

Globalization
, 17, 19, 57, 152

God gap
, 193, 200

Gray Panthers, The
, 147–148

Great society programs
, 82

Health
, 13, 30, 32, 33, 48, 49, 90, 170, 175, 178, 191, 195–196

Hermeneutic phenomenology
, 35, 37, 41

Heteronormativity
, 15, 113

Hewlett-Packard
, 167

Hispanics, see Ethnicity

Home Depot
, 167

Imposter syndrome
, 105

Industrial revolution
, 155, 171

Interpretive paradigm
, 6, 31

Intersectionality
, 45–58, 61, 66, 82, 85, 92, 95, 102, 196

definition
, 46, 47

discrimination
, 47, 49, 52, 59

framework for analysis
, 47, 55, 57

intra-group difference
, 46

methodological challenges
, 47, 54, 55

in organizations
, 48, 52–54

power
, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57

privilege
, 46, 48, 51, 54, 56

relationship management
, 48

resistance
, 48

social justice
, 47, 48

social location
, 46, 48

theory building
, 55

two-fer, triple jeopardy
, 53, 58

at work
, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 85, 88, 90

Intersubjectivity
, 6

Invisible knapsack
, 68, 86, 89

Japan
, 93, 184, 188

Jim Crow
, 88

Job application, interviews
, 5, 8, 9, 10, 91, 175

Journal selection (for publication)
, 33–34

King, Martin Luther, Jr., Rev.
, 202

Kuhn, Margaret E. (Maggie)
, 147–148

Latino/as, see Ethnicity

Lawsuits
, 83, 125

Leadership, CEOs
, 11, 19, 75, 76, 86, 105, 167, 182, 195, 206, 211

Legal case perspective
, 82

Liminal spaces
, 85, 87–90, 95

Marginalization
, 15, 39, 51, 53, 91, 95, 110, 180

center/margin
, 6, 12, 30, 158, 170

privilege
, 84, 86, 93, 105, 108, 110, 114

Marxism
, 166

Masculinity
, 10, 92, 101–102, 108–109, 110, 112, 129

Media
, 11, 15, 19, 53, 59, 82, 87, 103, 104, 105, 106, 153, 159, 168, 171, 173, 189, 190, 193

Medical model
, 33

Mentor/protégé
, 106, 116, 117, 118

Microaggressions
, 46, 90–91, 94, 95

othering
, 8, 12, 16, 22, 35, 53, 85, 87–90, 216

pigeonholing
, 23, 89

tokenism
, 23, 87–90

Middle East
, 188

Moore, Roy (judge)
, 201, 202

Moral agenda
, 211

Multiculturalism, see Culture

Native American, see Ethnicity

Naturalistic paradigm, see Interpretive paradigm

New Zealand
, 171

North America
, 87, 175, 188

Organizations
, 3–5, 7, 13–14, 17–23, 25–27, 30, 33–35, 41, 44–46, 48, 52–53, 55, 58–59, 61, 65–67, 69, 71–89, 91, 93–97, 99–105, 107–108, 110, 112, 115–120, 122–126, 131, 135–136, 139–143, 148, 151–157, 161, 163–165, 167, 169–172, 174–175, 178, 180–181, 187–193, 195, 197, 199–203, 205–217

climate
, 6, 17–18, 20, 22

culture
, 76, 87

profits
, 17, 18, 48, 93, 94, 198

restructuring
, 17, 21

Othering, see microaggressions

Parenting
, 106–107, 158

Partial perspective
, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43

Participatory action research paradigm
, 6

Patriarchy
, 54, 92, 105, 106, 114

Physical/psychological ability
, 13, 21, 26, 71, 72, 120, 128, 162, 215

ableism
, 174, 180, 181

age
, 179

deaf culture
, 182, 183

definitions
, 170

disability
, 169–180

employment
, 173, 175

ethnicity
, 177, 179–180

gender
, 177, 178–179

harassment
, 174

individualism
, 173

language
, 176–177, 180

legal protections
, 173, 174

medical model
, 181

paternalism
, 172

“people first”
, 170, 180, 181–182

“sentimental biography”
, 172

sexual orientation
, 177, 180, 181

social class
, 151–168, 179

social model
, 172, 173, 181, 182

stereotypes
, 175, 178

temporarily able bodied (TAB)
, 176, 182

workplace
, 169, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178

Political correctness (PC)
, 12, 215

Polyvocality
, 10, 25, 36

Pornography
, 123, 129

Positivism
, 5, 32, 42, 217

Postcolonial theory
, 42, 47, 88

Queen bee syndrome
, 106

Queer theory
, 40, 113, 121

Race-of-interviewer effects, see Researcher-researched relationships

Racism
, 19

Reflexivity
, 30, 34, 35, 36, 42

Religion, see faith/spirituality

Research methods
, 30–31, 40, 44, 56, 61, 216

autoethnography
, 31–32, 41

qualitative, quantitative
, 6, 11

focus groups
, 32

interviews
, 19, 32, 36, 58, 116

observation
, 31

survey
, 38, 91, 106

Researcher-researched relationships

building bridges
, 35

experimenter effect
, 30, 38

lived experience
, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 41

matching paradigm
, 26, 27, 37–39, 41

“parasite people”
, 172

partial perspective
, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43

power dynamics
, 26, 31

splitting voice
, 29

trust
, 11, 166

Reverse discrimination
, 12

Second shift
, 100, 101, 106–107, 115

Self-categorization theory
, 5

Sex, see Gender

Sexual orientation
, 3–4, 8, 13, 21–23, 26, 44–46, 50, 54, 57–58, 71, 74, 94, 97, 119–124, 134, 152, 177, 180–181, 205, 209, 215

bisexuality
, 119–121, 123, 127–131

coming out
, 127, 129

demedicalizing homosexuality
, 132–133

discrimination
, 120–121, 123–127, 129–132

double life
, 127

ethnicity
, 120, 128–129

gays
, 120–122, 125, 127, 130, 133

gender
, 120–122, 128–132

heterosexism
, 114, 125, 129, 130, 131

homophobia
, 92, 114, 122, 125, 130, 131

homosexuality
, 121, 125, 131, 132–133

intersectionalities
, 45–58, 85, 86, 92–93, 95, 96

lesbians
, 120, 121, 122, 124–131

power
, 123, 130

queer
, 121, 128, 130

questioning
, 119, 121, 130

sexual harassment
, 121, 123, 125, 131–132

social class
, 128, 129

workplace
, 119–134

Shareholder activism
, 166

Similarity-attraction hypothesis
, 3, 5, 141

Social class
, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 16, 22, 32, 43, 45–47, 50, 57–58, 72, 74, 92, 94, 97, 99–101, 104, 108, 110–111, 120, 122, 128–129, 144, 149, 151–168, 179, 205, 215

age
, 157, 162, 163

class-free society
, 159, 160, 165–166

classism
, 155, 165

discrimination
, 155, 162, 165

ethnicity
, 153, 162, 163

fallacies about the middle class
, 153, 159, 161, 164

gender
, 153, 161

hierarchy at work
, 154

intersectionality
, 45–57

gender
, 99–118

haves versus have-nots
, 152

living wage movement
, 159, 161, 165

middle class
, 16, 49, 96

physical/psychological ability
, 162

poverty
, 155, 160, 162, 163, 165

power
, 152, 154, 158, 160, 166

primary labor market
, 164

rich-poor gap
, 158

secondary labor market
, 163–164

upper/lower class
, 156–158, 160

working class
, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 166

Social constructionism
, 23, 26, 47, 100, 110, 47

Social homophily thesis
, 23, 87, 110, 126, 130

Social identity
, 3–61, 70–71

authenticity
, 14

avowed, ascribed
, 7, 51, 82

boundary work
, 8, 53, 57

categorizing
, 9

complexities
, 6

dimensions
, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10–14, 16, 17, 20, 21

hierarchies
, 84, 90, 91, 92, 102, 105, 106, 110

ingroups
, 3, 4, 7, 19, 207

(in)visibility
, 13, 89, 122, 199

job applicants
, 67

managing at work, passing
, 87, 93, 126–128, 151–168, 193–196

multiplicity
, 74

negotiation
, 51, 53

outgroups
, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 206, 209–211

performance
, 9, 10, 17, 87, 100, 102, 113, 127, 167

social identity theory
, 3, 4, 6, 7–12, 17–20

Social justice
, 6, 19, 28, 30, 47–48, 81, 93, 136, 171–172, 180, 189, 209–210, 215–216

Social model framework
, 33

Social movements
, 15, 22, 38, 48, 49, 83, 84, 96, 109, 111, 121, 180, 188, 196

South Africa
, 184

Standpoint epistemology
, 35, 42, 91, 172

Strong/weak ties
, 144, 147

Status
, 7–9, 20, 21, 33, 46, 51, 52, 86–89, 101, 102, 104, 106, 114, 175, 177, 181, 182

Stereotypes
, 26, 27, 41, 53, 13, 26–27, 41, 46, 53, 67, 79, 91, 95–96, 105, 109, 112, 116, 124–125, 135, 137, 139, 144, 146, 149, 160, 162, 175, 178, 181, 209

Subjectivity/objectivity
, 5–6, 22, 28

Sweden
, 184

Team work
, 9, 11

“Ten Commandments Judge”
, 201

Terrorism
, 188, 189

Truth, Sojourner
, 45, 46

United Kingdom, Britain
, 171, 173

Urban Outfitters
, 23–24

Us versus them
, 154, 209

Validity
, 32, 33, 38, 41

Venn diagram
, 49, 58, 197

Virtuality
, 4

Wage labor system
, 153–159, 164

War
, 104, 138, 149

Weberian framework
, 22, 154, 189

White trash
, 96, 162

Women’s studies
, 171

Workplace culture management
, 25, 27

YouTube
, 11