Comparative equality and diversity: main findings and research gaps
| Autor: | Lize A. E. Booysen, Liza Castro Christiansen, Eddy S. Ng, Bård Kuvaas, Alain Klarsfeld |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
Dialectic Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Sociology and Political Science Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 050209 industrial relations Context (language use) Diversity management Equality and diversity Work (electrical) Order (exchange) Comparative research 0502 economics and business Transnationalism Sociology Business and International Management Social science 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. 23:394-412 |
| ISSN: | 2059-5794 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ccsm-03-2016-0083 |
| Popis: | Purpose – This is a special issue introduction on cross-cultural and comparative diversity management (DM). The purpose of this paper is to present five articles that explore and examine some of the complexities of equality and DM in various countries around the world. Design/methodology/approach – In this introductory paper, the authors provide an overview and the current state of literature on comparative research on equality and diversity. The authors also gathered a list of indices that is helpful as secondary data for informing comparative and cross-national research in this domain. Findings – To date, comparative work involving two or more countries is scarce with Canada/USA comparisons first appearing in the 1990s, followed by other groupings of countries a decade later. Existing comparative work has started to uncover the dialectics of voluntary and mandated action: both complement each other, although the order in which they appear vary from context to context. This work also acknowledges that th... |
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