Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 37 Issue 7

Employee resource groups as learning communities

Wendy M. Green

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of employee resource groups (ERGs) in a multi-national, for-profit corporation. The paper focuses on how ERGs facilitate learning.

Constructive intercultural contact: yes we can. Introduction of a new concept

Hans Spijkerman, Yvonne W.M. Benschop, Joost Bücker

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of constructive intercultural contact. This concept refers to intercultural contact in which majority as well as minority…

Asset, liability, possibility: Metaphors of human difference and the business case for diversity

Jennifer J. Mease, Brittany L. Collins

This analysis draws on interviews with 19 self-identified US diversity consultants and 94 diversity statements posted on corporate websites. The findings challenge existing…

Equality as a threshold conception: challenging future manager’s perceptions

Suzette Dyer, Fiona Hurd

The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential to develop a shared understanding of systemic discrimination and the complexity of equality and an appreciation for the range…

“Learn to blend in!”: A corpus-based analysis of the representation of women in mining

Cathrine Norberg, Ylva Fältholm

The purpose of this paper is to contribute with increased knowledge about gender in mining by exploring how women are discursively represented in texts produced by actors in the…

Institutional barriers to women’s employment in Saudi Arabia

Abeer Alfarran, Joanne Pyke, Pauline Stanton

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of the Saudi employment programme “Nitaqat” in addressing institutional barriers to women’s employment in the Saudi…

The “silent killers” of a STEM-professional woman’s career

Stefanie Ruel

The purpose of this paper was to provide a plausible answer to how there are so few science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-professional women managers in the…