TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The objective of this chapter is to outline an integrating picture of the situation, representativeness, contradictions, and challenges that the treatment of diversity assumes in Brazilian society and in its organizations. The aim is to reply to the research question: “How are public policies and organizational practices constructing ways of inserting and valuing the diversity of Brazilians?” We provide a brief background of the changes in the global and Brazilian contexts over the last few decades and analyze the demographic data presented in the 2010 Census and in studies on diversity that were published in the main periodicals in the Administration area in Brazil, between 2000 and 2014 with regard to the segments most widely studied in the academic literature: Afro-descendants, homosexuals, the elderly, Indians, women, and people with a disability. The conclusion reached is that, in a short period of time, Brazil has made great strides in constructing the mechanisms and legal devices for recognizing the rights of its diverse population and that private companies are in the initial stages of introducing diversity programs.
VL  - 3
SN  - 978-1-78635-550-8, 978-1-78635-549-2/2051-2333
DO  - 10.1108/S2051-233320160000003006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320160000003006
AU  - de Freitas Maria Ester
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Managing Diversity in Brazil
T2  - Management and Diversity
T3  - International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 113
EP  - 157
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -