Diversity in the Workforce: Current Issues and Emerging Trends / Edition 2

by Marilyn Y. Byrd, Chaunda L. Scott

Overview

This popular textbook has been updated with material on leadership, diversity in film and media, and a conceptual framework for organizational social justice, while retaining a format that supports learning. Instructors will appreciate additional online resources to support their teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138731431
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/18/2018
Series:	Theorizing Education
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marilyn Y. Byrd is an associate professor of human relations at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, where she teaches diversity and social justice in organizations, organizational behavior, and human resources management. She is a faculty sponsor for the Student Society of Human Relations, a departmental student organization that advocates for social justice.

Chaunda L. Scott is a tenured associate professor and coordinator for the interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Human Diversity Inclusion and Social Justice Program at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. She teaches workforce diversity and human resource development courses and advises on diversity-focused dissertations. In 2015, she received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Award, where she engaged in diversity education work in Cape Town, South Africa.

Table of Contents

1. Historical Perspectives for Studying Diversity in the Workforce 2. Suggested Theories, Models, and Frameworks Used to Address Emerging Diversity Issues in the Workforce 3. Exploring the Relationship Between the Organizational Culture and Diversity in the Workforce 4. Race and Diversity in the Workforce 5. Gender and Diversity in the Workforce 6. Ethnicity and Diversity in the Workforce 7. Developing Human Resource Development Competencies to Manage Sexual Orientation and Transgender Diversity Issues in the Workforce 8. Social Class and Diversity in the Workforce 9. Spirituality and Diversity in the Workforce 10. Intergenerational Tensions in the Workforce 11. Linguistic Profiling in the Workforce 12. Personal/Physical Appearance Stigmatizing in the Workforce 13. Visible and Invisible Disabilities in the Workforce: Exclusion and Discrimination 14. Re-Emergence of Racial Harassment and Racial Hate Symbols in the Workforce 15. Cross-Cultural Teams: Workforce Opportunities and Challenges 16. Underrepresentation of Diversity in the Scientific, Technical and Film Workforce 17. Social Identity Diversity and Leadership in the Workforce 18. Re-Conceptualizing and Re-Visioning Diversity in the Workforce: Toward a Social Justice Paradigm

Editorial Reviews

Diversity in the Workforce: Current Issues and Emerging Trends (3rd Edition) edited by Dr. Marilyn Y. Byrd and Dr. Chaunda L. Scott is one the first and few existing resources exploring the topic of workforce diversity from the vantage point of individuals, organizations, communities, and society. The book is well-balanced in its presentation of theories and models for broad understandings of diversity in workplaces and organizations, while also tending to the social, cultural, and relational aspects of diversity that are related to individual and community identities and social injustices. While many other books focused on the issue of diversity in the workforce or workplace tend to focus on the business case for contemporary diversity efforts, this book is distinguished by its centering of relational and social justice—diversity should and must be advanced simply because it is the right thing to do.

Joshua C. Collins, Ed.D.

Associate Professor of Human Resource Development

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

"This gem of a book combines easy-to-read trustworthy information from deep experts with the opportunity to then think through how to turn that information into action. I recommend it to leaders, practitioners, students, and educators alike – to anyone who wants to understand where we are, how we got here, and how we move forward."

Darren C. Short

Host of Human Resource Development Masterclass podcast

Arguably the most useful textbook on diversity in the American market. This book focuses on the theoretical and practical frameworks appropriate for organizations and individuals operating from a western perspective. It is also a global resource in the sense that it addresses universally common issues like ethnicity, social class, and "isms." For those seeking to understand the diversity issues and trends in the workplace and what to do about them, this book educates in a way that most books on the subject do not. It re-aligns readers with the goals of social justice and offers the tools necessary for making progress.

Torrence E. Sparkman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor-Management

Saunders College of Business

Rochester Institute of Technology

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