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A Field Guide to Managing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organisations
Organisations across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors require active Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, and are increasingly subject to meeting legislative standards around the DEI principles of equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, and human rights. Bringing together more than 20 insightful contributions from a diverse range of researchers, this dynamic Field Guide examines the theories, practices, and policies of diversity management.
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Organisations across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors require active Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, and are increasingly subject to meeting legislative standards around the DEI principles of equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, and human rights. Bringing together more than 20 insightful contributions from a diverse range of researchers, this dynamic Field Guide examines the theories, practices, and policies of diversity management.
Reflective of its purpose to illustrate the breadth of DEI research, the Field Guide features a diversity of perspectives from early career and postgraduate researchers through to established scholars. Chapters cover a broad spectrum of personal demographics linked to DEI, exploring age, gender, disability, sexuality, and migrant status throughout both advanced and emerging economies, as well as analysing how the intersectionality of individual factors may reinforce advantage and disadvantage. Expansive and innovative, the book expertly integrates empirical case studies with cutting-edge research processes.
The broad scope of research field approaches, methods, and tips featured in this Field Guide will be of significant interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of human resources management and development. Researchers from business, NGOs, and the public sector will also receive critical insights on diversity management in a range of national and micro-organisational contexts.
Reflective of its purpose to illustrate the breadth of DEI research, the Field Guide features a diversity of perspectives from early career and postgraduate researchers through to established scholars. Chapters cover a broad spectrum of personal demographics linked to DEI, exploring age, gender, disability, sexuality, and migrant status throughout both advanced and emerging economies, as well as analysing how the intersectionality of individual factors may reinforce advantage and disadvantage. Expansive and innovative, the book expertly integrates empirical case studies with cutting-edge research processes.
The broad scope of research field approaches, methods, and tips featured in this Field Guide will be of significant interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of human resources management and development. Researchers from business, NGOs, and the public sector will also receive critical insights on diversity management in a range of national and micro-organisational contexts.
Critical Acclaim
‘A Field Guide to Managing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organisations is an exciting new resource for academic and industry researchers in the diversity, equity and inclusion space. It provides readers with an extremely broad and esoteric series of case studies and DEI issues, research reports, and suggestions for future research directions, including practical research tips, methodological guidance and implications for policymakers at global, local and industry levels.’
– Alan Nankervis, Curtin University and Torrens University, Australia
– Alan Nankervis, Curtin University and Torrens University, Australia
Contributors
Contributors: Kenny Abau, Sujana Adapa, Muhammad Ali, Lina Alsaree, Mirsad Bahtic, Derek Baker, Marzena Baker, Sarah Elsie Baker, John Burgess, Phillipa Butler, Roslyn Cameron, Kantha Dayaram, Subas P. Dhakal, Nikki DiGregorio, Elizabeth Farrant, Scott Fitzgerald, Erica French, Arijana Haramincic, Lucy Kalep, Ellie Korave, Jacqueline Larkin, Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Spencer Lilley, Amy Lim, Jennifer Litau, Mckenzie Maviso, Syed Mohyuddin, Peter Musinguzi, Lucie Newsome, Kathryn Pillay, Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh, Endah Prihatiningtyastuti, Anne Pulotu, Peter Rawlins, Shaun Ruggunan, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Alison Sheridan, Glenda Strachan, Hilda Tanimia, Tasmiha Tarafder, Poisy Tava Kae, Renato A. Villano, Peter Waring, Subba Reddy Yaram
Contents
Contents:
Preface xx
Principles underling diversity, equity and inclusion in the
workplace and beyond xxiv
PART I
1 An introduction to A Field Guide to Managing Diversity,
Equality and Inclusion in Organisations 2
John Burgess, Subas P. Dhakal and Roslyn Cameron
2 Bibliometric analysis of diversity, equality and inclusion:
a field note 18
Subas P. Dhakal
PART II
3 Closing the gap on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
employment disadvantage in Australia 33
Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
4 Regional Australia Bank: a case study addressing the triple
penalty of regional location, gender and motherhood on
women’s careers 47
Lucie Newsome and Alison Sheridan
5 Researching skilled migrants in Australia 60
Syed Mohyuddin and Roslyn Cameron
6 Valuing older workers? A case study of Australian
universities’ response to their ageing academic workforce 76
Jacqueline Larkin
7 Creating an individualised foundation for genuine
community inclusion: evidence from Western Australian
microboards 89
Elizabeth Farrant
8 LGB employees and their experiences of fly-in/fly-out
employment in Western Australia 105
Mirsad Bahtic, Scott Fitzgerald and John Burgess
9 Improving workers’ well-being through international
action: workers in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector 119
Tasmiha Tarafder and John Burgess
10 Challenges of conducting equity research in the field: the
example of Bhutan 132
Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh and Glenda Strachan
11 Diversity, equity and inclusive lessons from a workplace in
the Canadian Arctic 147
Arijana Haramincic
12 Examining gender mainstreaming in Indonesia: a feminist
policy analysis 163
Endah Prihatiningtyastuti, Kantha Dayaram and John Burgess
13 Affirmative action and equality, diversity, and inclusion in
Malaysia 178
Sujana Adapa and Subba Reddy Yarram
14 Beyond demographic diversity: towards intersectional
gender justice in professional design practice in New Zealand 192
Sarah Elsie Baker
15 What can organisations learn from kaupapa Māori research? 207
Peter Rawlins, Philippa Butler and Spencer Lilley
16 Organisational implications for DEI strategies against
maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea’s Gulf province 222
Jennifer Litau, McKenzie Maviso, Ellie Korave, Posiy
Tava Kae, Lucy Kalep, Hilda Tanimia, Anne Pulotu and Kenny Abau
17 Complexity and opportunity in diversity challenges in Singapore 240
Amy Lim and Peter Waring
18 Equality, diversity and inclusion in the South African
workplace: the paradox of legislation 252
Shaun Ruggunan, Kathryn Pillay and Kantha Dayaram
19 Social enterprise performance measurement using
a diversity and inclusion approach: implications for
equitable and inclusive smallholder farmers’ improved wellbeing 266
Peter Musinguzi, Renato A. Villano and Derek Baker
20 Beyond expanding an acronym: strategies for supporting
LGBTQ+ people in schools 279
Peggy Shannon-Baker and Nikki DiGregorio
21 Women’s careers in SME accounting firms in Australia,
Malaysia and India 293
Alison Sheridan and Sujana Adapa
PART III
22 Effectiveness of gender equality and diversity initiatives:
a way forward 308
Erica French, Muhammad Ali, Marzena Baker and Lina Alsaree
23 Implications for fieldworkers in diversity, equality, and
inclusion research 325
Subas P. Dhakal, John Burgess and Roslyn Cameron
Index
Preface xx
Principles underling diversity, equity and inclusion in the
workplace and beyond xxiv
PART I
1 An introduction to A Field Guide to Managing Diversity,
Equality and Inclusion in Organisations 2
John Burgess, Subas P. Dhakal and Roslyn Cameron
2 Bibliometric analysis of diversity, equality and inclusion:
a field note 18
Subas P. Dhakal
PART II
3 Closing the gap on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
employment disadvantage in Australia 33
Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
4 Regional Australia Bank: a case study addressing the triple
penalty of regional location, gender and motherhood on
women’s careers 47
Lucie Newsome and Alison Sheridan
5 Researching skilled migrants in Australia 60
Syed Mohyuddin and Roslyn Cameron
6 Valuing older workers? A case study of Australian
universities’ response to their ageing academic workforce 76
Jacqueline Larkin
7 Creating an individualised foundation for genuine
community inclusion: evidence from Western Australian
microboards 89
Elizabeth Farrant
8 LGB employees and their experiences of fly-in/fly-out
employment in Western Australia 105
Mirsad Bahtic, Scott Fitzgerald and John Burgess
9 Improving workers’ well-being through international
action: workers in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector 119
Tasmiha Tarafder and John Burgess
10 Challenges of conducting equity research in the field: the
example of Bhutan 132
Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh and Glenda Strachan
11 Diversity, equity and inclusive lessons from a workplace in
the Canadian Arctic 147
Arijana Haramincic
12 Examining gender mainstreaming in Indonesia: a feminist
policy analysis 163
Endah Prihatiningtyastuti, Kantha Dayaram and John Burgess
13 Affirmative action and equality, diversity, and inclusion in
Malaysia 178
Sujana Adapa and Subba Reddy Yarram
14 Beyond demographic diversity: towards intersectional
gender justice in professional design practice in New Zealand 192
Sarah Elsie Baker
15 What can organisations learn from kaupapa Māori research? 207
Peter Rawlins, Philippa Butler and Spencer Lilley
16 Organisational implications for DEI strategies against
maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea’s Gulf province 222
Jennifer Litau, McKenzie Maviso, Ellie Korave, Posiy
Tava Kae, Lucy Kalep, Hilda Tanimia, Anne Pulotu and Kenny Abau
17 Complexity and opportunity in diversity challenges in Singapore 240
Amy Lim and Peter Waring
18 Equality, diversity and inclusion in the South African
workplace: the paradox of legislation 252
Shaun Ruggunan, Kathryn Pillay and Kantha Dayaram
19 Social enterprise performance measurement using
a diversity and inclusion approach: implications for
equitable and inclusive smallholder farmers’ improved wellbeing 266
Peter Musinguzi, Renato A. Villano and Derek Baker
20 Beyond expanding an acronym: strategies for supporting
LGBTQ+ people in schools 279
Peggy Shannon-Baker and Nikki DiGregorio
21 Women’s careers in SME accounting firms in Australia,
Malaysia and India 293
Alison Sheridan and Sujana Adapa
PART III
22 Effectiveness of gender equality and diversity initiatives:
a way forward 308
Erica French, Muhammad Ali, Marzena Baker and Lina Alsaree
23 Implications for fieldworkers in diversity, equality, and
inclusion research 325
Subas P. Dhakal, John Burgess and Roslyn Cameron
Index
