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The Southern Management Association looks at gender and diversity

S. Gayle Baugh

Equal Opportunities International

ISSN: 0261-0159

Article publication date: 3 April 2007

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this report is to review research on gender and diversity issues that was presented at the recent meeting of the Southern Management Association in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Design/methodology/approach

The Southern Management Association, a regional affiliate of the Academy of Management, draws participants primarily, although not exclusively, from the southern states in the USA. The papers covering topics relevant to gender and diversity are summarized.

Findings

The diversity related papers presented at this conference were included in a number of tracks other than the diversity track, suggesting an increasing acceptance of diversity research in “mainstream” management research. The forms of diversity investigated included age, ethnicity, and gender, leaving out “invisible” forms of diversity as religion, sexual orientation, or some types of disability.

Originality/value

The research presented at this conference gives some insight into the issues of gender and diversity as they are perceived and investigated by researchers who generally are attached to smaller colleges and universities, rather than the major research institutions, in the USA.

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Citation

Gayle Baugh, S. (2007), "The Southern Management Association looks at gender and diversity", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 250-255. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150710735525

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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