Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 23 Issue 5

Is this your cultural place or mine?: A global and personal career life-course journey perspective of diversity

Doirean Wilson, Yehuda Baruch, Patti Boulaye, Mary Hartog

Highlights the need to be mindful of the global implications of migration and the ecology of diversity in our economy and organizations. Argues that support and programs for…

A hierarchy of respect: Authority and dominance in the human and animal kingdom

Doirean Wilson

– Interviews two black minority ethnic (BME) male youths who were raised in high knife and gun-crime areas of London.

Raising the bar: Legislating to achieve diversity in the professions is only half of the story

Daniel Ozarow, Trevor Gibson, Arun Batra, Sam Mercer

Argues that merely complying with legislation is not sufficient to accomplish genuine diversity and that, rather than assuming its benefits will naturally be derived and accepted…

The unrepresentative house: The inconvenient truth about members of parliament

Daniel Ozarow

Argues that the British House of Commons is acutely unrepresentative of the population that it serves. A range of party leadership interventions that have sought to increase the…

Diversity, inclusion and the workplace-equality index: the ingredients for organizational success

Martin Sposato, Simon Feeke, Paul Anderson-Walsh, Linbert Spencer

Presents organizations with issues to consider regarding inclusion and its importance as well as a well-established index that companies can join in order to make sure that…

Learning and unlearning sexism in the workplace: Two important barriers prevent a more inclusive environment

Heather L Jeffrey, Esme Beswick, Jessica Meade

– Looks at the barriers that prevent women achieving equality in the workplace and examines how they may be overcome.

Diversity and inclusion depend on effective engagement: It is everyone’s business to ensure that progress is maintained

Chandana Sanyal, Doirean Wilson, Charlotte Sweeney, Jude Smith Rachele, Satwant Kaur, Christine Yates

– Highlights some of the things that can be done to ensure that organizations embed diversity and inclusion.

Work-life balance can benefit business during financial crisis and austerity: Human resources (HR) must convince management of the need for a flexible approach

Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Rea Prouska, Suzan Lewis

– Advances the view that work-life balance (WLB) can benefit business during financial crisis and austerity.

The generation game: Concepts of Baby-Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y can create more heat than light

Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya

– Explores the limited value of concepts such as Baby-Boomer, Generation X (Gen X) and Generation Y (Gen Y) and advances the view that life course is more valuable.

Another kind of difference: A new organizational approach

Jennifer O'Connor

– Argues that a new approach needs to be adopted if organizations are truly to be transformed into ones which could be characterized as diverse.

Developing diversity skills with university students: The key to better relationships and the flourishing of human potential

Mary Hartog, Julie Haddock-Millar, Chris Rigby, Doirean Wilson

– Points up the importance of developing people in organizations to enhance diversity.

Cultural competence in criminal justice: The right kind of training can play a helpful role

Angela Herbert MBE

– Considers the role of cultural competence in the criminal-justice system and the crucial role that can be played by the right kind of training.

Ethics and spirituality in the workplace: The growing role of the business case in reforms

Tim Freeman, Aylin Kunter, Carlis Douglas, Ian Roper

Draws attention to recent broad trends in UK employment regulation that refocus the emphasis in employment rights away from a primary concern with safeguarding collective rights…

The complex concept of sustainable of diversity management: … and why forming policies in this area is far from straightforward

Simon Best, Alistair Soyode, Michael Muller-Camen, Andrew Boff

– Explores the notion of sustainable diversity-management practices.

HR leaders hold the key to effective diversity management: … as more and more important decisions are taken at local level

Lola-Peach Martins

Observes that diversity management (DM) is central to the human resource management (HRM) function in work organizations, and the past decade has seen employers seeking to…

Diversity management through a neuro-scientific lens: … and how the way we view and appreciate each other could be revolutionized

Jackie Jeffrey

Introduces the emerging evidence from the neurosciences and provides an account of how it is causing a learning and development practitioner to re-evaluate understanding of human…

Introduction

David Pollitt