Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations Vol. 1 : Beyond the Corporate Context

by Robert T. Carter

• ISBN13: 9780761905493
• ISBN10: 0761905499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-15
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Changing demographics are forcing organizations in the United States to address cultural issues. Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations analyzes how unexamined cultural patterns influence an organization’s culture. Organized into three sections, this volume was written by a panel of experts with extensive research and publication histories in psychology, education, and organizational consulting. How organizational leaders shape and influence the agenda surrounding culture and how culture matters in the country’s organizational life is explored, as well as institutional and organizational issues in corporate, educational, mental health, and service organizations. Various organizational intervention strategies and approaches are also discussed. This book provides groundbreaking conceptual models as well as ideas about how to build practical approaches to organizational interventions.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
PART I: Perspectives
Perspectives on Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations	3	(16)
Robert T. Carter
National Culture and the New Corporate Language for Race Relations	19	(16)
Clayton P. Alderfer
``Whiting Out'' Social Justice	35	(16)
Michelle Fine
Making Sense of Race Relations in Organizations: Theories for Practice	51	(18)
David A. Thomas
Karen L. Proudford
School Contexts and Learning: Organizational Influences on the Achievement of Students of Color	69	(20)
Linda Darling-Hammond
PART II: Organizational and Institutional Settings
Families in Their Cultural and Multisystemic Contexts	89	(12)
Nancy Boyd-Franklin
Teachers as (Multi)Cultural Agents in Schools	101	(14)
A. Lin Goodwin
Cultural Dynamics and Issues in Higher Education	115	(16)
Raechele L. Pope
Corlisse D. Thomas
Mental Health: The Influence of Culture on the Development of Theory and Practice	131	(16)
Barbara C. Wallace
The House of God: The Fallacy of Neutral Universalism in Medicine	147	(18)
Vivian Ota Wang
And Justice is Blind (to Race and Ethnicity): That is Not Good!	165	(16)
Curtis W. Branch
PART III: Interventions and Applications for Training
Classic Defenses: A Critical Assessment of Ambivalence and Denial in Organizational Leaders' Responses to Diversity	181	(12)
Samuel D. Johnson
Enhancing Diversity Climate in Community Organizations	193	(18)
Roderick J. Watts
Arthur Evans
Social Diversity in Social Change Organizations: Standpoint Learnings for Organizational Consulting	211	(18)
Evangelina Holvino
Building Institutional Capacity to Address Cultural Differences	229	(12)
Thomas J. Gallagher
Cultural Issues in Organizations: Summary and Conclusions	241	(6)
Robert T. Carter
Leah M. DeSole
References	247	(38)
Name Index	285	(4)
Subject Index	289	(4)
About the Editor	293	(1)
About the Contributing Authors	294