Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Volume 29
Moving beyond the rhetoric on faculty diversity in higher education: an interview with diversity expert Dr Bailey Jackson
Monica C. GavinoThe aim of this article is to provide Dr Bailey Jackson's perspective on institutional and systemic barriers to full inclusion of diverse faculty in higher education…
A sobering examination of how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the disparities of vulnerable populations
Lilcelia A. WilliamsIntersectionality theory is a social justice theory customarily employed to address inequities which arise in the academic or legal arenas as it relates to race and…
Mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India: an in-depth exploration of challenges and opportunities for three vulnerable population groups
Joe Thomas, Emma Emily de Wit, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Nupur Kulkarni, Joske G.F. Bunders-AelenThe COVID-19 pandemic is certain to have an unprecedented impact on the global population, but marginalized and vulnerable groups in low-income countries (LICs) are…
Skilled immigrant women's career trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Luciara Nardon, Amrita Hari, Hui Zhang, Liam P.S. Hoselton, Aliya KuzhabekovaDespite immigrant-receiving countries' need for skilled professionals to meet labour demands, research suggests that many skilled migrants undergo deskilling, downward…
What do participants value in a diversity mentorship program? Perspectives from a Canadian medical school
Stephanie Yifan Zhou, Anita Balakrishna, Joyce Nyhof-Young, Imaan Javeed, Lisa Annette RobinsonAs medical schools become increasingly diverse, there is a growing demand for schools to support their equity-seeking students. At the University of Toronto, the diversity…
Now protected or still stigmatized? A 25-year outlook on the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Felix Y. Wu, Christine Nittrouer, Vinh Nguyen, Mikki Hebl, Frederick L. Oswald, Lex FriedenIn 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. This law was intended to prevent discrimination against people with…
Employee engagement and commitment to two Australian autism employment programs: associations with workload and perceived supervisor support
Jennifer R. Spoor, Rebecca L. Flower, Simon M. Bury, Darren HedleyAlthough there is growing academic and business interest in autism employment programs, few studies have examined employee (manager and coworker) attitudes toward these…
Individual and situational predictors of intention to hire gay male and ultra-orthodox male job applicants
Yael Brender-Ilan, Avi KayThis paper examines personal and situational factors that may contribute to biases in hiring decisions at the workplace, focusing on willingness to hire male gay or male…
Development and implementation of a framework for estimating the economic benefits of an accessible and inclusive society
Emile Tompa, Amirabbas Mofidi, Arif Jetha, Pamela Lahey, Alexis BuettgenTo develop a framework for estimating the economic benefits of an accessible and inclusive society and implement it for the Canadian context. The framework measures the…
Diamond in the rough? An “empty review” of research into “neurodiversity” and a road map for developing the inclusion agenda
Nancy Doyle, Almuth McDowallThe aims of the paper were to highlight the dearth of applied practitioner research concerning the expression of neurodiversity at work and develop an epistemological…
“My only solution is to work later and sleep less”: exploring the perspectives of parenting in academia in Ontario, Canada
Tracy A. Smith-Carrier, Sarah Benbow, Andrea Lawlor, Andrea O'ReillyThe purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of parents who have full professorial positions (in faculties of engineering and nursing) in universities in…
It is your fault: workplace consequences of anti-Asian stigma during COVID-19
Danielle M. Gardner, Caitlin Q. Briggs, Ann Marie RyanAs COVID-19 cases rose in the US, so too did instances of discrimination against Asians. The current research seeks to understand and document discrimination toward Asians…
Market reactions to the inclusion of people with disabilities
Claudia Araceli Hernández GonzálezThis study aims to provide evidence of market reactions to organizations' inclusion of people with disabilities. Cases from financial journals in 1989–2014 were used to…
Hiding but hoping to be found: workplace disclosure dilemmas of individuals with hidden disabilities
Mukta KulkarniThe purpose of this paper is to describe workplace disclosure dilemmas of individuals with hidden mental health conditions who have privately accepted their mental health…
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic concerns and gender on mentor seeking behavior and self-efficacy
Chantal van Esch, William Luse, Robert L. BonnerThis study examined the effects of gender and pandemic concerns on mentorship seeking behavior during the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its…
Inclusion of Indigenous workers in workplace mental health
Robyn A. O'Loughlin, Vicki L. Kristman, Audrey GilbeauThis paper highlights inclusion issues Indigenous people experience maintaining their mental health in the workplace.
Human resource practitioners as sexual harassment commissioners: Sisyphus amid gender inequalities
Shani Kuna, Ronit NadivThere has been ample research on the antecedents and consequences of workplace sexual harassment (WSH), a volatile issue in contemporary labor markets. There is, however…
Education online in lockdown: limits and possibilities. The vision of families in Spain
Enrique-Javier Díez-Gutiérrez, Katherine Gajardo EspinozaMarch 14, 2020, marked the beginning of an unexpected state of emergency in Spain due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). From that moment on, the…
The plight of racialised minorities during a pandemic: migrants and refugees in Italy and Australia
Sarah De Nardi, Melissa PhillipsThe purpose of this paper is to draw on data from interviews with six Italian migrant service providers and media stories in Italy and Australia to weave a comparative…
COVID-19 pandemic and the poor in the urban spaces of India with special reference to Mumbai
Sujayita Bhattacharjee, Sanjukta SattarThe lives of the poor in the urban spaces of India are filled with hardships. They live amidst poverty and struggle to survive within other problems such as insecure jobs…
“Stop whining and be a badass”: a postfeminist analysis of university students' responses to gender themes
Marke KivijärviThis paper critically examines how female students at a Finnish business school understand gender in management.
Diversity in disability: leaders' accounts on inclusive employment in the Indian context
Vasanthi Suresh, Lata DyaramDespite several concerted efforts and directives, Indian organizations have a long road to travel with respect to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the…
Are women from Venus? A mixed-method study determining important predictors of job pursuit intention across gender groups
Debolina Dutta, Sushanta Kumar MishraDespite studies claiming gender inclusion is beneficial for organizations, the under-representation of females in the workforce is a reality. As recruitment practices…
Queer India “on paper” – decriminalization, recognition and visibility of sexual diversity
Michiel BaasTaking as a point of departure the edited collection Yaraana (1999), ostensibly the first mainstream publication on gay writing from India, the purpose of this article is…
Addressing COVID through PCD: policy coherence for vulnerability in development and its relationship to the coronavirus pandemic
Sergio Moldes-Anaya, Harlan Koff, Angelica Da Porto, Tara LipovinaThe purpose of this article is to understand how coronavirus impacts relate to existing vulnerabilities in different world regions.
Understanding LGBT individuals' employment environment in Taiwan: a relational framework perspective
Jennet Achyldurdyyeva, Li-Fan Wu, Nurbibi DatovaThe purpose of this study is to examine the aspects of workplace environment and the experiences of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) employees in an Asian…
Building, sustaining and growing: disability inclusion in business
Robert Gould, Courtney Mullin, Sarah Parker Harris, Robin JonesThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the unique and the complementary aspects of disability inclusion and diversity strategies and to offer insight for organizations to…
Retaining and supporting employees with mental illness through inclusive organizations: lessons from five Canadian case studies
Rebecca E. Gewurtz, Karen Harlos, Emile Tompa, Margaret Oldfield, Rosemary Lysaght, Sandra Moll, Bonnie Kirsh, Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Katie Cook, Sergio RuedaAlthough awareness is growing of the importance of employee mental health and the value of inclusive work practices, less is known about how to support employees with…
Gender equality and the business case in horse racing
Simonetta Manfredi, Kate Clayton-HathwayThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings and outcomes from research undertaken in 2016 on diversity in British horse racing. The last decade has seen…
Workplace romance and sexual favoritism in the #MeToo workplace: legal and practical considerations for management
Frank Joseph Cavico, Bahaudin Ghulam MujtabaThe advent of the #MeToo movement has brought forth increased national and global attention to sexual assault, abuse, misconduct, discrimination and harassment in the…
The benefits of inclusion for disability measurement in the workplace
Alecia M. Santuzzi, Jesus Jose Martinez, Robert T. KeatingThe formal reporting of disability to an employing organization is inconsistent and likely an underestimate of the true numbers of workers with disabilities and the…
Diversity as job quality: toward the inclusion of trade unions in public procurement of social services
Orly BenjaminWhen union representatives are included in government procurement procedures for contracting-out of social welfare services, organizational diversity is enhanced if the…
Evaluations of LGBT job applicants: consequences of applying “out”
Kinsey B. Bryant-Lees, Mary E. KiteThis study aimed to experimentally investigate whether disclosing one's sexual orientation while applying for a job would impact hiring decisions.
Glass Cliffs at middle management levels: an experimental study
Saadet Elif EspositoA new phenomenon called “Glass Cliff” has formed claiming that women at the higher echelons of organizations are being placed in higher risk positions when compared to…
Planned retirement age: do attachment to work and expectations relating to workplace adjustments matter?
Marie-Eve Dufour, Tania Saba, Felix Ballesteros LeivaIn the context of population aging, retirement has become a central issue in academic, professional and government discourse. A consensus can be seen to be emerging around…
Managing diversity in minority business enterprises: the impact of employee homogeneity on financial performance
Ian Blount, Delmonize SmithThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of employee homogeneity on the financial performance of minority business enterprises (MBEs). It is widely…
Successful ascent of female leaders in the pharmaceutical industry: a qualitative, transcendental, and phenomenological study
Dawn Adams–Harmon, Nancy Greer–WilliamsThis research studied the ascension of 12 female executives in one of the STEM disciplines, the pharmaceutical sector; and sheds a perspective of the setbacks, challenges…
Gender stereotypes: persistence and challenges
Gladys Merma-Molina, María Alejandra Ávalos-Ramos, María Ángeles Martínez RuizThe aims of this study are to identify and analyse prevalent gender roles and the persistence of sexist stereotypes among teachers in training in Spain, to determine the…
Gender equality in the workplace in Quebec: strategic priority for employers or partial response to institutional pressures?
Émilie Genin, Mélanie Laroche, Guénolé MarchadourThis paper examines the challenges posed for employers by gender equality in the workplace, in a seemingly favourable institutional context (the province of Quebec…
Competing diversity indices and attitudes toward cultural pluralism in Europe
Ádám Németh, Dávid Sümeghy, András Trócsányi, Gábor PirisiThe purpose of this analysis is to collect and classify the most important diversity indices, outline the logical connections between them and answer the following…
Changing the narrative: shaping legislation to advance diversity on boards in Canada
Wendy Cukier, Suzanne Gagnon, Ruby LatifThis paper examines actors and discourses shaping new Canadian legislation designed to advance diversity in corporate governance.
Immigrant perceptions of integration in the Canadian workplace
Secil E. Ertorer, Jennifer Long, Melissa Fellin, Victoria M. EssesThis paper explores integration experiences of immigrants in the Canadian workplace from the perspective of immigrants themselves, focusing on cultural capital and…
From institutionalized othering to disruptive collaboration: A postcolonial analysis of the police force in Greenland
Lotte Holck, Sara Louise MuhrThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the construction and everyday maintenance of racialized psychological borders in the Greenlandic Police Force reproduce a…
Strangers in a seemingly open-to-all website: the gender bias in Wikipedia
Shlomit Aharoni LirThroughout the years, many scholarly answers were given to the question regarding the gender bias in Wikipedia. However, the research literature seldom explores how…
Migrants with insecure legal status and access to work: the role of ethnic solidarity networks
Janroj Yilmaz Keles, Eugenia Markova, Rebwar FatahBuilding upon previous studies on the factors shaping undocumented migrants’ experiences on the host labour markets, the purpose of this paper is to expand the theoretical…
Bridging social boundaries and building social connectedness: Through youth development programs
Keith Trevor ThomasThe youth leadership development program is an opportunity to establish best practices for the development of youth and of the wider community. Based on underpinning…
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