Managing the Organizational Melting Pot
Subtitle: Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; Sage Publications
Published: May 6, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780803974111
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Diversity in the workplace; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Multiculturalism; Human Resources & Personnel Management; Management - General; Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics-Management - General
First sentence: This chapter traces the recent interest in workplace diversity within management and organization studies.
Description: Illuminating the troublesome and disturbing aspects of workplace diversity that tend to be glossed over in most management literature, Managing the Organizational Melting Pot covers key issues such as: individual and institutional resistance, the effectiveness of diversity change efforts, and the less visible ways in which exclusion and discrimination continue to be practiced in the workplace. To assist the reader in understanding some of these dilemmas, the contributors to this collection adopt an array of theoretical frameworks - that are all striking departures from traditional and more functional perspectives on diversity - including intergroup relations theory, critical theory, Jungian psychology, feminism, post-colonial theory, cultural history, postmodernism, realism, institutional theory, and class analysis.

Further, authors examine a multitude of organizational situations in which the complications of diversity surface - many of which cross race, gender, ethnic, and other socially constructed boundaries. Managing the Organizational Melting Pot draws examples not only from the United States, but also looks at situations from Canada, Britain, and the Middle East. Students, scholars, and managers who want to prepare themselves to deal with the challenges presented by a multicultural workforce will find this beneficial reading. In addition, researchers interested in conducting research in diversity management will find this an up-to-date, thought-provoking resource.