... gay man and the ensuing benefits and drawbacks of insider status in researching gay men. Methodology Diversity United Kingdom Reflexivity Gay men One of the benefits of adopting a reflexive approach as Yip (2008) points out is that it allows the researcher to examine where they sit...

... United Kingdom The arrival of the current conservative‐led coalition government frames the context of an intriguing time for those interested in matters of diversity and equality of opportunity, particularly in the context of the health service and the UK public sector more widely. Not only...

... United Kingdom In this paper I will draw on evidence gathered during a qualitative study of professional supervision relationships within one probation service in the UK. This evidence sheds light on ways in which lesbian women negotiate recognition of sexual orientation and, on a wider agenda...

... placement United Kingdom In this paper we explore the difficult territory of intersectionality as it relates to inequality and disadvantage in organisations and in the labour market. There have been frequent calls for intersectional analysis in the last two decades (Acker, 2006 ; Andersen...

... conflict of interest between members and employers in funding benefits. Gender Trusteeship Pensions boards Organizational processes United Kingdom Corporate governance and pension trusteeship is a small but growing academic field as the strategic importance of pension fund activity...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Private sector Sexual orientation Diversity Equality Corporate social responsibility Much of the recent literature on equality and diversity in the British context has sought to explore the implications for policy and practice...

... be of value to policy makers who need to understand the needs of a diverse workforce in order to plan new ways of managing equality and diversity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Public sector Equality Diversity Sexual orientation Local councils Equality...

... of their social identities throughout their working lives. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Gay men Workplace Social dynamics Identity management Until recently there has been little research on sexual minorities in the diversity literature both in the UK and the USA...

... Turkish Cypriot women solicitors Self‐employment Career choice Ethnic enclaves Ethnic minorities United Kingdom Career experiences of ethnic minority men and women have attracted increasing attention in both academic and practitioner domains. An earlier special issue of this journal...

... unravels the othering of medical trainees embedded in nostalgic accounts of the all hours training. All hours training Hospital medicine Modern doctor Nostalgia Gendered othering Resistance United Kingdom In this paper, we focus on gendered implications of nostalgic discourses for all...

... The United Kingdom's (UK) previous, Labour, government expressed a commitment to reducing social exclusion through a range of policies, (Pinnock and Evans, 2008). Since 1997, initiatives were developed which had an explicit agenda to address issues in the lives of young people in England that might have...

... uses a dataset collected in 2009 to widen the investigative lens of processes that influence hiring outcomes for women in a male‐stereotyped job, namely, engineering. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Gender Recruitment United Kingdom Engineering is a male‐dominated...

..., provided it can be accommodated within existing company culture. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Equal opportunities Corporate identity Web sites Employees United Kingdom The aim of this paper is to explore the way in which company diversity policies are represented...

... separateness [3] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom English language Ethnic groups Equal opportunities The variable skill levels in the use of English and community languages by minority ethnic and new migrant communities has long been a neglected area of policy...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Gender Women United Kingdom Government policy Equal opportunities This paper reports on a one‐day conference held at the Church House Conference Centre, London on 8 December 2009. It was organised by Dr Anke Plagnol and Professor Jacqueline Scott from...

... by engaging with employers, characterising how they operate as mediating agents. Steve Williams can be contacted at: Stephen.Williams@port.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Equal opportunities Disadvantaged groups Employee relations United Kingdom Studies of workplace...

... Public sector United Kingdom The purpose of this paper is to consider the implementation of talent management interventions in the UK public sector and how these can give rise to particular challenges for public sector managers in terms of their approaches to equality and diversity management...

... an option is it? (NK, female). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Gender Work identity Race Black people United Kingdom Professional ethnic minority men and women face challenges to their identities at work that have not yet been addressed in depth by researchers, particularly...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Racial discrimination Social class Work identity Black people United Kingdom Over 60 years ago a ship carrying 492 passengers, many World War II veterans and most from Jamaica landed in the UK opening a key chapter in Britain's transformation to a multi‐ethnic...

... data on how dual‐career partnerships negotiate the transition from, in career terms, single entities into dyads and the dynamics of gender role change and stability. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Graduates Dual‐career couples Gender Family roles Equal opportunities United...