International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work: Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment

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This second edition contains 14 countries as opposed to 16 in the first edition, but is essentially different as it not only includes updates for the countries in common, but also six new ones including Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria and Russia. It is, therefore, essentially a complement to the first edition. The editors suggest that one of the most significant effects of globalization has been to widen the scope of diversity management as workforces are becoming more diverse, with migrants posing a particular challenge in some countries. Examination at national level is crucial as anti-discrimination legislation and its implementation vary from country to country, especially with respect to whether or not positive discrimination is a feature. Above all the picture is changing over time. Hence the need for this new edition.' - Peter J. Sloane, Swansea University, UK and Flinders University, Australia 'By covering the diversity practices in 14 different countries this Handbook makes evident the need to consider diversity management from a global and local standpoint. What is legal and standard practice towards equality in one country can be viewed as discriminative and unlawful just across the border. With such complex reality, the authors of this book make an incredible job of providing the reader with detailed and useful information on how to approach diversity 'glocally' (that is, in multiple geographies). The book, in a way, is a global travel guide for diversity management that benefits both business managers and HR practitioners operating in the international arena.' - Simon L. Dolan, ESADE Business School, Spain and Editor-in-Chief, Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal Managing and developing diversity is on the political and business agenda in many countries; therefore diversity management has become an area of knowledge and practice in its own right. Yet all too often it is referred to as a unifying concept, as if it were to be interpreted uniformly across all cultures and countries. The contributors to this volume expertly examine the relationship between diversity management and equality legislation within the different participating countries' national contexts. They advocate that such separation and sequencing between equality at work and diversity management is far from natural. The second edition of this important reference work provides important updates and new perspectives on the cases constituting the first edition as well as including contributions from a number of new countries: Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria and Russia. Countries that have been updated and expanded are Austria, Canada, France, India, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom. This Handbook will be greatly appreciated by scholars who wish to better contextualize their research and will also provide policy-makers with benchmark data regarding equal treatment and diversity as understood in other countries. Contributors: I. Adeleye, D. Atewologun, A.-F. Bender, R. Bendl, I. Bleijenbergh, E. Bokovikova, L.A.E. Booysen, J. Burgess, F. Colgan, E. French, R. Haq, R. Hofmann, A. Klarsfeld, S. Kosheleva, J. Laufer, J. Louvrier, V. Mackie, O. Matanmi, A. McKearney, A. Murgia, E. Ng, S.M. Nkomo, K. Okano, B. Poggio, J.K. Pringle, K. Ravenswood, K.Rawston, I. Roper, I. Ryan, R. Schalk, G. Strachan, A. Tatli, A. Terlouw, D.-G. Tremblay, A. Tuori, M. van Engen, E. Zavyalova Cover Copyright Contents Contributors Introduction: equality and diversity in 14 countries – analysis and summary 1 Equal access to the opportunities available?Equity and diversity laws and policies in Australia 2 Equal treatment in Austria: current practices and challenges 3 A review of two decades of employment equity in Canada: progress and propositions 4 Equality and diversity in Finland: from separate to intertwined concepts 5 Equality and diversity in years of crisis in France 6 Equality and diversity in India: public versus private sector approaches to managing diversity in Indian organizations 7 Moving societies and immobile organizational practices: the winding road of diversity management in Italy 8 Japan: progress towards diversity and equality in employment 9 Laws, policies and practices of diversity management in the Netherlands revisited 10 Equality and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand 11 Equality, diversity and inclusion in Nigeria: historical context and emerging issues 12 Employment equality and diversity management in a Russian context 13 New developments in employment equity and diversity management in South Africa 14 Recent developments in the equality and diversity agenda in the UK: the ‘big society’ under austerity Index