Tag: Diversity

Free Download Managing Diversity in Organizations By Jr.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Beham (auth.), Jr.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Beham, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Caroline Straub, Prof. Dr. Joachim Schwalbach (eds.)
2012 | 131 Pages | ISBN: 3834934550 | PDF | 2 MB
Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice. Globalization, migration, demographic changes, low fertility rates, a scarce pool of qualified labor, and women entering the workforce in large scales have led to an increasingly heterogeneous workforce in the past twenty years. In response to those ongoing changes, organizations have started to create work environments which address the needs and respond to the opportunities of a diverse workforce. The implementation of diversity policies and practices and the creation of an organizational culture that values heterogeneity have been the focus of recent organizational initiatives. This special issue aims at shedding light on some of open research questions by including both theoretical and empirical contributions.

Free Download Education, Culture and Epistemological Diversity: Mapping a Disputed Terrain By Claudia W. Ruitenberg, D. C. Phillips (auth.), Claudia W. Ruitenberg, D.C. Phillips (eds.)
2012 | 162 Pages | ISBN: 9400720653 | PDF | 1 MB
In the recent educational research literature, it has been asserted that ethnic or cultural groups have their own distinctive epistemologies, and that these have been given short shrift by the dominant social group. Educational research, then, is pursued within a framework that embodies assumptions about knowledge and knowledge production that reflect the interests and historical traditions of this dominant group. In such arguments, however, some relevant philosophical issues remain unresolved, such as what claims about culturally distinctive epistemologies mean, precisely, and how they relate to traditional epistemological distinctions between beliefs and knowledge. Furthermore, can these ways of establishing knowledge stand up to critical scrutiny? This volume marshals a variety of resources to pursue such open questions in a lively and accessible way: a critical literature review, analyses from philosophers of education who have different positions on the key issues, a roundtable discussion, and interactions between the two editors, who sometimes disagree. It also employs the work of prominent feminist epistemologists who have investigated parallel issues with sophistication. This volume does not settle the question of culturally distinctive epistemologies, but teases out the various philosophical, sociological and political aspects of the issue so that the debate can continue with greater clarity.

Free Download Diversity in Uniform? By Sonja M. Dudek (auth.)
2009 | 284 Pages | ISBN: 353116497X | PDF | 2 MB
Die Polizeiführung bemüht sich seit geraumer Zeit um die Einstellung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und um eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils in den eigenen Reihen. Dies führt – zumindest in Bezug auf Geschlecht – zu einem rapiden Wandel in der Zusammensetzung des Personals. Sonja M. Dudek untersucht, wie Polizistinnen und Polizisten organisationsinterne Veränderungsprozesse in Bezug auf mehr Heterogenität kommentieren, reflektieren und bewerten. Der Schwerpunkt der empirischen Untersuchung liegt auf der Analyse polizeitypischer Umgangsweisen mit Vielfalt. Für die vorliegende Untersuchung erhielt die Autorin den Preis der Deutschen Hochschule der Polizei 2007.

Free Download Beyond Diversity: The Past and the Future of English Studies By Przemyslaw Żywiczyński (editor), Marta Sibierska (editor), Waldemar Skrzypczak (editor)
2018 | 150 Pages | ISBN: 3631744501 | PDF | 9 MB
This book offers a collection of papers that, taken jointly, show the academic potential of English Studies – its most contemporary lines of investigation seen against the area’s traditional concerns. The chapters illustrate a cross section of research in English literature, linguistics, language teaching and translation studies – disciplines traditionally pursued at Departments of English. They also show an expansion of the core philological lines of research into other areas of knowledge, such as semiotics or comparative and cognitive studies. The book thus makes a strong case that the philological ethos, reflected in the Polish translation of "English Studies" as filologia angielska, still constitutes a valuable academic formula.

Free Download Koichi Iwabuchi, "Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity: Internationalism, Brand Nationalism, and Multiculturalism in Japan "
English | ISBN: 149850227X | 2016 | 146 pages | PDF | 794 KB

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Free Download Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development: 10th International Conference, DUXU 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II by Marcelo M. Soares
English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 686 Pages | ISBN : 3030782239 | 265.2 MB

Free Download Carol M. Swain (Author, Narrator), Mike Towle, Freddy Richardson (Narrator), "The Adversity of Diversity: How the Supreme Court’s Decision to Remove Race from College Admissions Criteria Will Doom Diversity Programs"
English | ASIN: B0CK2S1LTZ | 2023 | MP3@64 kbps | ~04:22:00 | 124 MB
When the US Supreme Court announced its landmark 6-3 decision to take race out of the equation for college and university admissions, it did more than just bring Affirmative Action in higher education to a screeching halt. It also fired a warning shot across the bow of businesses and governmental agencies across America: the days for workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment have an expiration date. In The Adversity of Diversity, award-winning political scientist Carol M. Swain and collaborator Mike Towle offer an insightful look at DEI’s inception and evolution into a billion-dollar industry. Swain and Towle explain why DEI’s days are numbered, and how we as a people can move beyond divisiveness toward the unity promised by our nation’s motto, e Pluribus unum, "out of many, one."

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Free Download Diversity Dividend: The Transformational Power of Small Changes to Debias Your Company, Attract Diverse Talent, Manage Everyone Better and Make More Money (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNQCRTH9 | 2023 | 8 hours and 25 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 241 MB
Author: Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio
Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
From entry-level to the boardroom, what works to create large-scale change in organizations looking to accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and reap financial benefits. Every leader endeavors to invest in and manage their key asset-talent-to be as high-performing as possible. Like a winning stock, successful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) actions pay back over time. That dividend is paid both to the company-through not only higher performance but also talent acquisition, training, and other savings-and to society in general. In Diversity Dividend, Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio offers a fresh, detailed look at how to realize gender and racial equity along the company-employee pathway-from attracting and interviewing applicants to onboarding, promoting, and sustaining hires-and how to remove systemic barriers at the organizational level that prevent women and underrepresented groups from advancing.

Free Download Sangeeta Soni, "Working with Diversity in Youth and Community Work "
English | ISBN: 1844452980 | 2011 | 112 pages | EPUB | 1236 KB
This book focuses on the nature of cross-cultural practice, an inevitable aspect of working as a youth and community worker in multicultural Britain today. It enables students to understand how cross-cultural dynamics can set the tone of their relationships with their clients and helps them to understand how individual action and some processes in society can contribute to the marginalisation of others. This book looks at the processes involved in the everyday relationships forged through practice and how these can inadvertently influence the dynamics of oppression through lack of self-awareness or lack of awareness of ′others′ in society.

Free Download Bruce E. Blaine, "Understanding the Psychology of Diversity Ed 4"
English | ISBN: 1544381077 | 2020 | 360 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Understanding the Psychology of Diversity offers a highly accessible examination of diversity to show students how to understand social and cultural differences in today’s society. Taking a psychological perspective, authors B. Evan Blaine and Kimberly J. McClure Brenchley explore how individuals construct their view of social diversity and how they are defined and influenced by it. The book covers traditional topics like categorization and stereotypes, sexism, racism, and social stigma, as well as non-traditional topics like sexual orientation-based prejudice, weight and appearance-based prejudice, diversity on television, and age stereotypes and ageism. The Fourth Edition confronts the credibility crisis that has surfaced in the academic psychological research community by following parameters for the research that is presented.