The Oxford Handbook of Diversity in Organizations

by Bendl, Regine; Bleijenbergh, Inge; Henttonen, Elina; Mills, Albert J.

• ISBN13: 9780191759109
• ISBN10: 0191759104
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2016-01-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Regine Bendl, Associate Professor, Vienna University of Economics of Business Administration, Department of Management, Institute for Gender and Diversity in Organizations,Inge Bleijenbergh, Assistant Professor Research Methods, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen,Elina Henttonen, Independent Researcher, Valtaamo Ltd,Albert J. Mills, Professor of Management and Director of the PhD in Management, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University

Albert J. Mills is the holder of the 2008 Saint Mary's University President's Award for Excellence in Research. He is an Associate Editor on four journals (Gender, Work & Organization; Qualitative Research in Management & Organizations; Organization; and the International Journal of Work Innovation) and he serves on the editorial boards of several other journals (including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Management & Organizational History; the Journal of Management Education; Journal of Workplace Rights; Tamara - journal of postmodern organizational science; Management Decision).


Inge Bleijenbergh is an associate editor of Gender, Work & Organization. She received two EU FP7 grants in the field of gender and diversity in academia: STAGES (Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science (2012-2016) and EGERA (Effective Gender Equality in Research and the Academia (2014-2018).


Regine Bendl has received a number of professional awards, including the Kathe Leichter Award for Women's and Gender Studies 2006, a Best Paper Award EURAM 2007 (stream gender equality and diversity in management) and an Emerald Highly Recommended Paper Award 2009 and 2013. She is Convenor of the EGOS Standing Working Group of Gender and Diversity (2010-2016) and she is editors of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - an International Journal and Diversitas - Zeitschrift fur Managing Diversity und Diversity Studies. She is editorial board member of Gender in Management - An International Journal and the British Journal of Management as well as associate editor of Gender Work and Organization.

Elina Henttonen (Researcher, Aalto University School of Economics, Finland) does research on gender and small business, gender and technology, and gendering of professions. She has published her work in refereed journals and scientific books, and teaches courses of gender and organizations and qualitative methods. She is a member of the EGOS Colloquium 2012 organizing committee.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mapping the Field of Diversity in Organizations, Regine Bendl, Inge Bleijenbergh, Elina Henttonen, and Albert J. Mills,
Part 1: Theorizing, Interdisciplinarity and Pluralism of Organizing and Managing Diversity
1. The Politics of Equality and Diversity - History, Society and Biography, Geraldine Healy
2. Duelling Dualisms: A History of Diversity Management, Judith Pringle and Glenda Strachan
3. Theory of Difference, Diversity and Intersectionality: What do They Bring to Diversity Management, Jeff Hearn and Joanna Louvrier
4. Rethinking Diversity in Organizations and Society, David Knights and Vedran Omanovic
5. Reflections on Diversity and Inclusion Practices at the Organizational, Group and Individual Levels, Diana Bilimoria, Ruth Bernstein, and Marcy Crary
6. From Universal to Diverse Diversity in Management Studies, Alex Faria and Sergio Wanderly
Part 2: Plural/Epistemological Perspectives on Organizing and Managing Diversity
7. Advancing Postcolonial Approaches in Critical Diversity Studies, Gavin Jack
8. A Postcolonial Deconstruction of Diversity Management and Multiculturalims, Anna-Liisa Kaasila-Pakanen
9. Queer Perspectives Fuelling Diversity Management discourse - Theoretical and Empirical Based Reflections, Regine Bendl and Roswitha Hofmann
10. Ambiguous Diversities - Practices and Perception of Diversity Management, Annette Risberg
11. Individual,Teams and Organizational Benefits of managing Diversity. An Evidence-based Perspective, Eddy NG and Jacqueline Stephenson
12. Organizational Benefits through Diversity Management: Theoretical Perspectives on the Business Case, Kelly Dye and Golnaz Golnaraghi
Part 3: Methodical/Empirical Perspectives on Diversity in Organization and Management
13. Explaining Diversity Management Outcomes - What Can Be Learned From Quantitative Survey Research?, Sandra Groeneveld
14. Challenges and Opportunities: Contextual Approaches to Diversity Research and Practice, Rosalie Hilda and Janet Porter
15. In Search of the 'Real' - The Subversive Potential of ethnography on the Field of Diversity Management, Marja-Liisa Trux and Paul Mutsaers
16. Collecting Narratives and Writing Stories of Diversity: Reflecting on Power and Identity in our Professional Practice, Patrizia Zanoni and Koen Van Laer
Part 4: Contexts and Practices of Organizing and Managing Diversity
17. Rethinking Higher Education Diversity Studies Through a Diversity Management Frame, Mary Ann Danowitz
18. Global Diversity Mmanagement: Breaking the Local Impasse, Mustafa Ozbilgin, Ahu Tatli, and Mustafa Bilgehan
19. Entrepreneurship and Diversity, Caroline Essers and Deidre Tedmanson
20. Practices of Organizing and Managing Diversity in emerging countries: Comparisons between India, Pakistan and South Africa, Anita Bosch, Stella Nkomo, Jawas Syed, Fiaza Ali, and Rana Haq
Part 5: Intersectionality and Cross/Intercultural Analyses
21. Intersectionality at the Intersection: Paradigms, Methods and Application - a Review, Jean Helms Mills, Albert J. Mills, Mariana Paludi and Daniel Mercer
22. Race-ing religion: Understanding Anti-Muslim prejudice in the United States, Ali Mir William and Raza Mir William Paterson
23. Sexual Orientation, Gender and Ethnicity in Organizations, Lucy Taksa
24. Age, Ethnicity and Class in Organisations, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger and Renate Ortlieb
25. Workers with Disabilities: Employment Outcomes, stigmatization and stereotyping, Identity and Workplace Accommodations, Alison M. Konrad, David Baldridge, Joy Beatty, and Mark E. Moore
Part 6: Where did we Come from and where do we go? Reflections on Theory, Research and Practices of Organizing and Managing Diversity Ali Mir William Paterson, Saadia Toor, and Raza Mir William Paterson
26. Examining Diversity in Organizations from Critical Perspectives: The Validity of the Research Process, Inge Bleijenbergh and Sandra Fielden
27. Future Challenges for Practices of Diversity Management in Organizations, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink, Charlotte Holgersson, and Anna Wahl
28. From Here to There and Back Again: Transnational Perspectives on Diversity in Organizations, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan and Marta Calas