The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work

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Abstract To keep pace with the changing business environment as globalization permeates both consumer and labor markets, this handbook offers the most current research in the workplace diversity, exploring what diversity means and its impact on group and organizational functioning. The volume is comprised of eight sections. The first section provides a fundamental introduction and overview to the history and current state of workplace diversity. The second section explores various conceptualizations of diversity. The third section focuses on psychological perspectives on diversity, touching on the self in diverse work contexts, intergroup bias, and the experience of stigma. The fourth section deals with interactionist perspectives on diversity, including chapters on diversity as knowledge exchange, diversity as disagreement, and diversity as network connections. The fifth section provides contextual perspectives on diversity, e.g., how context shapes diversity outcomes, diversity cognition and climate, and viewing diversity as a competitive advantage. Sections six and seven consider practice perspectives and systems perspectives in diversity, touching on leadership, diversity training, work-life interface, and law and diversity. Finally, the book concludes with a chapter on future directions for diversity theory and research.