Diversity in the workforce: current issues and emerging trends

Abstract

Preface Part I. Establishing Workforce Diversity Foundations 1. Historical Perspectives for Studying Workforce Diversity Chaunda L. Scott 2. Suggested Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Models to Address Emerging Workforce Diversity Issues Chaunda L. Scott 3. Exploring the Relationship Between the Organizational Culture and Workforce Diversity Marilyn Y. Byrd Part II. Traditional Workforce Diversity Issues 4. Race and Workforce Diversity Marilyn Y. Byrd 5. Gender and Workforce Diversity Brenda Lloyd-Jones, Lisa Bass, and Gaetane Jean-Marie 6. Ethnicity and Workforce Diversity Chaunda L. Scott and Terrance McClain 7. Developing Human Resource Development Competencies to Manage Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in the Workforce Michael P. Chaney and Lisa Hawley 8. Social Class in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd, Jose Martinez, and Chaunda L. Scott Part III. The Emerging Issues of a Contemporary Workforce 9. Spirituality in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd 10. Intergenerational Workforce Tensions Brenda Lloyd-Jones and Jody Worley 11. Cross-Cultural Team Opportunities and Challenges in the Workforce With Global Implications Trammell Bristol and Chaunda L. Scott 12. Linguistic Profiling in the Workforce Claretha Hughes and Ketevan Mamiseishvili 13. Personal/Physical Appearance Stigmatizing in the Workforce Cynthia Sims 14. Visible and Invisible Disabilities in the Workforce: Exclusion and Discrimination Chaunda L. Scott and Marilyn Y. Byrd 15. Re-Emergence of Racial Harassment and Racial Hate Symbols in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd and Chaunda L. Scott 16. Leveraging Workforce Diversity Chaunda L. Scott and Marilyn Y. Byrd