Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Volume 29
Social inclusion of migrant workers in a pandemic: employing consumer vulnerability lens to internal Indian migrant experience
Archana Preeti Voola, Subhasis Ray, Ranjit VoolaThe purpose of this paper is to expand the theoretical understanding of social inclusion of vulnerable populations. Employing cross disciplinary literature from marketing…
Is childcare cost a barrier to women managers' retention and progress at large firms?
Amod ChoudharyThe impact of childcare cost and childcare responsibilities has generally negatively impacted women in workforce. There has been lack of research on the impact of…
The positive experiences associated with coming out at work
Nicholas P. Salter, Thomas SassoMuch research has focused on the negative aspects of disclosing sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the workplace but less has explicitly examined the positive…
Immigrant health care workers from developing countries in the US: antecedents, consequences and institutional responses
Franklin Oikelome, Joshua Broward, Dai HongwuThe aim of this paper is to present a conceptual model on foreign-born health care workers from developing countries working in the US. The model covers their motivations…
Labour market inclusion of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through Bourdieu's theory of capital
Faiza Ali, Sophie Hennekam, Jawad Syed, Adnan Ahmed, Rabbia MubasharThis article examines the labour market inclusion of documented and undocumented Afghan refugees in Pakistan using and extending Bourdieu's theory of capital.
Lived experiences of inequalities in the USA: a sense-making perspective
Shaista E. KhiljiInequality is an important organizational phenomenon. Scholars have argued that inequalities persistently dwell in the flow of our lives and have a lingering impact. Yet…
Board gender diversity and firms' social engagement in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Mohammad Jizi, Rabih Nehme, Cynthia MelhemThe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries form a unique socioeconomic environment that makes the conclusions of the prior literature not likely to be applicable. GCC…
Learning language and gaining employment: problems for refugee migrants in Australia
Yi-Jung Teresa HsiehMuslim refugee migrants are a growing ethno-religious disadvantaged minority group in several Western societies, and host-country language proficiency and employment are…
The transracial aesthetic labour of an international teaching assistant
Vijay A. RamjattanThis paper introduces the concept of transracial aesthetic labour to understand why and how an international teaching assistant (ITA) vocally changes meanings of his…
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…
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…
Work experiences of qualified immigrants: a review of theoretical progress
Ali Dehghanpour Farashah, Tomas BlomquistQualified immigrants (QIs) and their work experiences have been studied using a wide variety of theoretical approaches with divergent characteristics. This paper reviews…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Migrant workers in precarious employment
Hui Zhang, Luciara Nardon, Greg J. SearsVarious forms of precarious employment create barriers to the integration and inclusion of migrant workers in receiving countries. The purpose of this paper is to review…
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- Prof Eddy Ng
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