Management and Diversity: Thematic Approaches

International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Series Editor: Mustafa F. Özbligin

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Management and Diversity: Thematic Approaches

Edited by

Jean-François Chanlat

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

and

Mustafa F. Özbligin

Brunel Business School, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

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List of Contributorsix
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
Index371
Norbert AlterUniversité Paris Dauphine, France
Patrick BanonUniversité Paris-Dauphine, France
Isabelle BarthEM Strasbourg Business School, France
Maria Giuseppina BrunaIPAG Business School, France
Jean-François ChanlatUniversité Paris Dauphine, France
Mathieu ChauvetUniversité Montpellier, France
Annie CornetHec-Liège Ulg, Belgium
Mélia DjabiUniversité Paris-Sud, France
François FatouxORSE, France
Dimitria GroutsisUniversity of Sydney, Australia
Allain JolyHEC Montreal, Canada
Alain KlarsfeldTBS, University of Toulouse, France
Robert L. LattimerRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Mustafa F. ÖzbilginBrunel University, UK
Mine Karatas-ÖzkanUniversity of Southampton, UK
Mustafa Bilgehan OzturkQueen Mary University of London, UK
Quinetta M. RobersonVillanova University, Pennsylvania, USA
Sakura ShimadaCNAM, France
Natasha SlutskayaUniversity of Sussex, UK
Lucy TaksaMacquarie University, Australia
Ahu TatliQueen Mary University of London, UK
Marleen van der HaarRadboud University, The Netherlands
Anne-Lorraine WagnerParis Descartes University, France
Dvora YanowWageningen University, The Netherlands