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managing for inclusion: equality and workplace diversity (social identity…
managing for inclusion: equality and workplace diversity
Diversity
social identity theory
in groups
easier to communicate with
more comfortable around
more similar to yourself- race, gender, age etc
out groups
people that are not similar to yourself
having an in group increases the perceived differences between the individuals belonging to different social groups.
An organisations diversity relies upon The mitigation of these differences between people
Social dilemmas of
workplace diversity
Managerial participation
Managers likely to recruit individuals
they perceive to be similar to them
Individuals may also seek out
managers that are similar to them
A consequence of the dilemma of
individual participation
Can result in ‘power battles
Organisational participation
Belief that diversity initiatives benefit society not
organisations implementing them
Focus on short-term costs and not long-term benefits
Creates barriers for selecting highly talented
candidates due to ill informed and short sighted
views
Dependent upon how well the social dilemmas
relating to individual and managerial participation are
addressed
Individual participation
may result in restricting the
movement of information
dependent upon the degree to which its employees embrace/resist them
employees may form
further informal subgroups resulting in
subgroup competition
Glass Ceiling:
Concept/phenomenon that limits advancement in women and other minorities to attain senior management positions in organisations
Overcoming the glass ceiling:
Changing social norms around women and social minority groups
Introduction of gender quotas for organisations
Eliminating the stigmatisation of men who
choose to stay home for family reasons
workplace diversity and the need to manage it
diversity= term used to describe differences among individuals
is it necessary to manage diversity?
28 % of australias population is born overseas
overseas residents contribute to 50 % of population growth
those born in asia and africa are increasing