Research handbook of diversity and careers This unique Research Handbook covers a wide range of issues that affect the careers of those in diverse groups: age appearance disability gender race religion sexuality and transgender. This work includes cross disciplinary contributions from over 50 international academics researchers policy makers managers and psychologists who review current thinking practices initiatives and developments within diversity and careers research on an international scale. They also consider the implication of diversity legislation for organizations and the individual providing an insight into the future direction of research and practice. Unlike other research in the field this work presents wide ranging and holistic coverage of diverse groups in addition to considering the implication of individuals who appear in multiple categories. Students academics and researchers in the fields of human resources management and employment as well as those whose study encompasses diversity development and equality will find this Research Handbook to be a useful and insightful read Introduction Adelina M. Broadbridge and Sandra L. Fielden Part I: Age 1. Age and generational diversity in careers Emma Parry 2. To mid career women managers: experiences of gendered age care and work Linda McKie and Marjut Jyrkinen 3. Older women and career development: double (triple) jeopardy or endless opportunities Judy McGregor 4. The last career transition: a gendered perspective on retirement Frances Tomlinson Part II: Appearance 5. The importance of how you look for getting in and getting on in the workplace Dennis Nickson 6. Size does matter: the impact of size on career Patricia V. Roehling Mark V. Roehling and Austin Elluru 7. Shes got the look: examining feminine and provocative dress in the workplace Joy Van Eck Peluchette and Katherine Karl 8. The perils of pretty: effects of personal appearance on womens careers Stefanie K. Johnson Ksenia Keplinger Jessica F. Kirk and Elsa T. Chan ^Part III: Disability 9. Diversity orientation and disability in organizational leadership Mark E. Moore and Lana L. Huberty 10. Career development for individuals with disabilities: examining issues of equity access and opportunity Lauren Lindstrom Kara Hirano and Richie Thomas 11. Career development for young adults with disabilities: an intersectional analysis Laurie Gutmann Kahn Edwin Obilo Achola and Tiana Povenmire Kirk 12. What about a career: the intersection of gender and disability Gemma L. Bend and Vincenza Priola Part IV: Gender 13. Impostor syndrome as a way of understanding gender and careers Thomas Calvard 14. Using the Kaleidoscope Career Model to create cultures of gender equity Sherry E. Sullivan and Shawn M. Carraher 15. Bullying and career consequences in the academy: experiences of women faculty Tanuja Agarwala 16. Career issues for women in the banking sector Melissa Hynd and Adelina Broadbridge Part V: Race ^17. Minority ethnic careers in professional services firms Doyin Atewologun 18. Visioning Muslim women leaders and organisational leadership in the 21st century Shirley Anne Tate and Naheed Arshad Mather 19. Aboriginal entrepreneurship: is it a career or a lifestyle change Dennis Foley 20. Gender employment and careers in Pakistan Sammar Javed Jawad Syed and Royce Turner Part VI: Religion 21. Glass doors or sealed borders: careers of veiled Muslim women in Lebanon Yusuf M. Sidani 22. Muslim women at work Edwina Pio 23. Veiling careers: comparing gendered work in Islamic and foreign banks in Pakistan Shafaq A. Chaudhry and Vincenza Priola 24. Religion and callings: the divine in careers Edwina Pio Robert Kilpatrick and Timothy Pratt Part VII: Sexuality 25. Sexuality gender identity and career journeys Mustafa Bilgehan Ozturk and Ahu Tatli 26. Out at work Fiona Gavin ^27. Coming out of the closet: the implications of increasing visibility and voice for the career development of LGB employees in UK private sector organisations Fiona Colgan 28. Lesbian career experiences Sandra L. Fielden and Hannah Jepson Part VIII: Transgender 29. Transpeople work and careers: a queer theory perspective Nick Rumens 30. Declining career prospects as transition loss: on the career development of transgender employees Thomas K ollen 31. Brothers are doing it for themselves: transmen and the creation of boundaryless and protean career choices Helen Woodruffe Burton 32. Trans ferring in the workplace Jackie Jones Index