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Management and Diversity

ISBN: 978-1-78635-490-7, eISBN: 978-1-78635-489-1

ISSN: 2051-2333

Publication date: 18 October 2017

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(2017), "Prelims", Chanlat, J.-F. and Özbligin, M.F. (Ed.) Management and Diversity (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 4), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320160000004022

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Management and Diversity: Thematic Approaches

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International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Series Editor: Mustafa F. Özbligin

Recent Volumes:

Volume 1: Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations, edited by Donnalyn Pompper
Volume 2: Gender, Careers and Inequalities in Medicine and Medical Education: International Perspectives, edited by Maria Tsouroufli
Volume 3: Management and Diversity: Perspectives from Different National Contexts, edited by Mustafa F. Özbligin and Jean-François Chanlat

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International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Volume 4

Management and Diversity: Thematic Approaches

Edited by

Jean-François Chanlat

GFR Management et Organisation, Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France

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Mustafa F. Özbligin

Brunel Business School, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

United Kingdom – North America – JapanIndia – Malaysia – China

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Contents

List of Contributors ix
Chapter 1 Introduction
Jean-François Chanlat and Mustafa F. Özbilgin
1
Diversity, Competence, Performance and Creativity
Chapter 2 Competence and Diversity: What Parallels between Them? What Interconnections?
Alain Klarsfeld
19
Chapter 3 Conducting a Diversity Policy as a Management Change Agent: A Key Issue to an Organisation’s Performance
Maria Giuseppina Bruna, Jean-François Chanlat and Mathieu Chauvet
37
Chapter 4 Can the Creative Class Thrive in an Uncertainty Avoidant Society? A Discussion of the Québec Case
Allain Joly
59
Chapter 5 The Stranger’s Gaze
Norbert Alter
87
Diversity Categories and Discrimination: Some Critical Reflections
Chapter 6 When Freedoms Collide: Competing Claims for Religious Rights and Sexual Orientation Equality at Work and Beyond
Mustafa Bilgehan Ozturk
109
Chapter 7 Physical Appearance as Invisible Discrimination
Isabelle Barth and Anne-Lorraine Wagner
127
Chapter 8 Generational Diversity in Organisation: A Meta-analysis
Mélia Djabi and Sakura Shimada
151
Chapter 9 Sacred Food at Work Canteen: For a Better Understanding of Religious Specificities and their Management at the Workplace
Patrick Banon
183
Socio-Political Issues on Diversity Management and Perspectives
Chapter 10 Diversity Dimensions of Entrepreneurship: Addressing Multiple Strands of Diversity in Entrepreneurship Research
Mine Karatas¸-Özkan
209
Chapter 11 Trade Unions and Social Dialogue : A Challenge for Diversity Management
Annie Cornet and François Fatoux
231
Chapter 12 Swings and Roundabouts: Reconsidering Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity Management in Australia from a Historical Perspective
Lucy Taksa and Dimitria Groutsis
255
Chapter 13 Diversity Management as a Career: Professional Identity of Diversity Managers as a Multi-Level and Political Construct
Ahu Tatli
283
Chapter 14 Consequences of Neo-Liberal Politics on Equality and Diversity at Work in Britain: Is Resistance Futile?
Mustafa Özbilgin and Natasha Slutskaya
319
Chapter 15 Diversifying Diversity: Creating an Integrative Agenda for the Evolution of Diversity as a Science and Practice
Quinetta M. Roberson
335
Epilogue : The Promise of Diversity Management: A Perspective
Robert L. Lattimer
357
Index 371

List of Contributors

Norbert Alter Université Paris Dauphine, France
Patrick Banon Université Paris-Dauphine, France
Isabelle Barth EM Strasbourg Business School, France
Maria Giuseppina Bruna IPAG Business School, France
Jean-François Chanlat Université Paris Dauphine, France
Mathieu Chauvet Université Montpellier, France
Annie Cornet Hec-Liège Ulg, Belgium
Mélia Djabi Université Paris-Sud, France
François Fatoux ORSE, France
Dimitria Groutsis University of Sydney, Australia
Allain Joly HEC Montreal, Canada
Alain Klarsfeld TBS, University of Toulouse, France
Robert L. Lattimer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Mustafa F. Özbilgin Brunel University, UK
Mine Karatas-Özkan University of Southampton, UK
Mustafa Bilgehan Ozturk Queen Mary University of London, UK
Quinetta M. Roberson Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA
Sakura Shimada CNAM, France
Natasha Slutskaya University of Sussex, UK
Lucy Taksa Macquarie University, Australia
Ahu Tatli Queen Mary University of London, UK
Marleen van der Haar Radboud University, The Netherlands
Anne-Lorraine Wagner Paris Descartes University, France
Dvora Yanow Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Prelims
Introduction
Diversity, Competence, Performance and Creativity
Competence and Diversity: What Parallels Between Them? What Interconnections?
Conducting a Diversity Policy as a Management Change Agent: A Key Issue to an Organisation’s Performance
Can the creative class thrive in an uncertainty avoidant society? A discussion of the Québec case
The Stranger’s Gaze*
Diversity Categories and Discrimination: Some Critical Reflections
When Freedoms Collide: Competing Claims for Religious Rights and Sexual Orientation Equality at Work and Beyond
Physical Appearance as Invisible Discrimination
Generational Diversity in Organisation: A Meta-Analysis
Sacred Food at Work Canteen: For a Better Understanding of Religious Specificities and their Management at the Workplace
Socio-Political Issues on Diversity Management and Perspectives
Diversity Dimensions of Entrepreneurship: Addressing Multiple Strands of Diversity in Entrepreneurship Research
Trade Unions and Social Dialogue: A Challenge for Diversity Management
Swings and Roundabouts: Reconsidering Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity Management in Australia from a Historical Perspective
Diversity Management as a Career: Professional Identity of Diversity Managers as a Multi-level and Political Construct
Consequences of Neo-Liberal Politics on Equality and Diversity at Work in Britain: Is Resistance Futile?
Diversifying Diversity: Creating an Integrative Agenda for the Evolution of Diversity as a Science and Practice1
Epilogue: The Promise of Diversity Management: A Perspective
Index