Stigmas, Work and Organizations  [electronic resource] /
Thomson, S. Bruce.editor.
Grandy, Gina.editor.
This book brings together current research on stigma, stigma management, and stigma theory as applied to business and management at the micro, meso, and macro levels. It provides a comprehensive perspective of the literature on stigmas and is relevant to those working in organizational behavior, human resource management, and management studies more broadly.  The book includes chapters covering topics at the individual level (e.g., religious belief, illness, obesity, and sexual preference), occupational level (e.g., healthcare workers, garbage collectors, butchers, medical doctors), and organizational level (e.g., organizational image, multinational organizations). It offers readers a truly international perspective on this growing area of study.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Obesity and Stigmatization at Work -- 3. Chronic Illness Stigma and its Relevance in the Workplace -- 4. The Complex Nature of Disability Stigma in Employment: Impact on Access and Opportunity -- 5. The Dynamic Recursive Process of Community Influences, LGBT-support Policies and Practices, and Perceived Discrimination at Work -- 6. Sinners and Saints: Morally Stigmatized Work -- 7. Does necessity shield work? The struggles of butchers and waste management workers for recognition -- 8. Once more, with Feeling! Working with Emotional Taint -- 9. Stigma and the journey of extreme social mobility: Notes on the management of discreditable identities in a high status university degree -- 10. Organizational Stigmas – Where Now? -- 11 Stigma and Multinational Corporations -- 12  Conclusion.
This book brings together current research on stigma, stigma management, and stigma theory as applied to business and management at the micro, meso, and macro levels. It provides a comprehensive perspective of the literature on stigmas and is relevant to those working in organizational behavior, human resource management, and management studies more broadly.  The book includes chapters covering topics at the individual level (e.g., religious belief, illness, obesity, and sexual preference), occupational level (e.g., healthcare workers, garbage collectors, butchers, medical doctors), and organizational level (e.g., organizational image, multinational organizations). It offers readers a truly international perspective on this growing area of study.
Personnel management.
Organization.
Planning.
Industrial sociology.
Human Resource Management.
Organization.
Sociology of Work.