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Managing for inclusion: Equality and workplace diversity (Social dilemmas…
Managing for inclusion: Equality and workplace diversity
Workplace diversity: the need to manage it
Is it necessary
28% of the workforce is born overseas
the 3rd highest in the world
1/4 core labour standards of the international labour organisation
Social identity theory
describes that individuals validate their social identity by favouring their "in group" at the expense of "out groups"
Due to reasons such as
easier to communicate
more predictable
trustworthy
more likely to reciprocate favours
Social dilemmas of workplace diversity
individual participation
the success of the organisation diversity initiatives is dependant upon the degree to which its employees
due to exclusion, employees may form further informal subgroups resulting in subgroup competition
managerial participation
a consequence of the dilemma of individual participation
managers like to recruit individuals they perceive similar to them
organisational participation
dependent upon how well the social dilemmas relating to individual and managerial participation are addressed
Solutions for social dilemmas
The management problem- overcoming individual and managerial participation
the public policy problem- overcoming organisational participation
The glass ceiling
Changing societal norms around the role of women and eradicating gender bias
elimination of the stigmatisation of men who choose to stay home for family reasons