Diversity in the Workplace

223 Pages·2011·1.712 MB·English

by  Stefan Gröschl

Diversity in the Workplace
Dedicated to Zoë, Emiliano and Karla
Diversity in the
Workplace
Multi-disciplinary and International Perspectives
Edited by
StEfan GröSchl
Associate Professor, ESSEC Business School and the ESSEC
Chair of Diversity and Leadership, Paris, France
© Stefan Gröschl 2011
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Diversity in the workplace : multi-disciplinary and
international perspectives.
1. Diversity in the workplace--Management. 2. Diversity in
the workplace--Cross-cultural studies.
658.3'008-dc22

ISBN: 978-1-4094-1196-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-4094-1197-0 (ebk)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gröschl, Stefan.
Diversity in the workplace : multi-disciplinary and international perspectives / Stefan
Gröschl.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4094-1196-3 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4094-1197-0
(ebook) 1. Diversity in the workplace. 2. Personnel management. 3. Organizational
change. I. Title.
HF5549.5.M5G76 2011
658.3008--dc22
2011008236
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
About the Editor ix
About the Contributors xi
Preface xvii
PART I ConCePTuALIzInG DIveRsITy
Chapter 1 Introduction 3
Stefan Gröschl
Chapter 2 Integrating Diversity: Identities Replayed 7
Laurent Bibard
Chapter 3 The Dubious Power of Diversity Management 15
Yvonne Benschop
Chapter 4 Diversity – A Strategic Issue? 29
Karsten Jonsen, Susan C. Schneider and Martha L. Maznevski
Chapter 5 Diversity Management at Business Schools and Universities:
How Do We Change ‘Tomorrow’s Managers’? 63
Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Gonzalo Sánchez Gardey and
Simon Tywuschik
Chapter 6 Multicultural Identities and Culture Work 79
Junko Takagi
Chapter 7 Globalization: On Being Different 89
Susan C. Schneider
PART II ConTexTuALIzInG DIveRsITy
Chapter 8 Diversity Management in Denmark: Evolutions from 2002 to 2009 101
Eva Boxenbaum, Monica Gjuvsland and Clarissa Eva Leon
Chapter 9 The Value of Investigating Stakeholder Involvement in
Diversity Management 119
Anne-marie Greene and Gill Kirton
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Chapter 10 The Gendered Intersectional Corporation and Diversity
Management 133
Jeff Hearn and Jonna Louvrier
Chapter 11 Diversity Management between ‘Myth and Ceremony’ and
Strategic Economic Rationale – Theoretical Perspectives and
Empirical Evidence from Germany 147
Inéz Labucay
Chapter 12 The Dark Side of the Rainbow: A Research Model of
Occupational Stress and Lesbian, Gay and Bisexuals (LGBs) in
the Workplace 169
Marilyn J. Davidson
Chapter 13 Ethnic and Religious Diversity in the Balkan Area 185
Cedomir Nestorovic
Index 191
List of Figures and Tables
Figure 5.1 The strategic importance of diversity at business schools
and universities 66
Figure 5.2 Diversity management integration at business schools and
universities 66
Figure 5.3 The future of diversity management 67
Figure 5.4 Faculty members’ perception of the future of diversity
management teaching 68
Figure 5.5 Diversity management content in academic programmes 68
Figure 5.6 Diversity issues covered by institutions according to deans 69
Figure 5.7 Diversity issues covered in teaching according to faculty 70
Figure 5.8 Departments responsible for development of diversity
management teaching 71
Figure 5.9 Business-relevant learning objectives in diversity
management teaching 71
Figure 5.10 Methods, tools and materials for diversity management teaching 72
Figure 5.11 Deans’ perceptions of barriers and drivers for diversity 74
Figure 5.12 Drivers for diversity teaching 75
Figure 5.13 Barriers to diversity management teaching 75
Figure 5.14 Towards integrated diversity management teaching 77
Figure 5.15 Diversity management and learning styles 77
Figure 8.1 Number of articles from 2001 to 2009 in all Danish media
that include the keyword mangfoldighedsledelse (diversity
management) 102
Figure 8.2 The possible travel route of diversity management from
one case to the other 104
Figure 8.3 Number of articles from 2001 to 2009 containing the
keywords ‘indvandrer’ (immigrant) and ‘arbejdsmarked’
(workforce) in all Danish media 113
Figure 8.4 Number of articles between 2001 and 2009 using the
keywords ‘kvinde’ (woman) and ‘ledelse’ (leadership) in
all Danish media 116
Figure 11.1 A complementary theoretical framework for a European
diversity management theory 155
Figure 11.2 An experiment on problem-solving capacity 158
Figure 11.3 Group problem-solving capacity 159
Figure 12.1 A research model of occupational stress and degrees of
sexual orientation disclosure of LGBs in the workplace 170
Figure 13.1 Scholarly and official estimates of the size of the Roma
population 187
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Table 5.1 Diversity management teaching – examples of good practice 73
Table 9.1 Differences between Principles of equal opportunity and
diversity management 121
Table 11.1 Chances and risks of organizations committed to diversity 152
Table 11.2 Results of the research project on age diversity
management 160–161
Table 12.1 Summary of proactive policies and practices in creating
inclusive, supportive organisational climate for LGB
employees 171
About the Editor
Stefan Gröschl is the Co-Chair of Diversity and Leadership and Associate Professor
in the Department of Management at the ESSEC Business School in Paris, France. He
received his Ph.D. from Oxford Brookes University, England and has lived and worked in
Germany, England, Canada and France. His primary research interests focus on diversity
management with a particular focus on cross-cultural aspects, and HR policies and
practices supporting the integration of disadvantaged employee groups.