Diversity in Organizations

DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS is the first comprehensive, research-based text designed to meet the needs of the diversity course. It provides a solid perspective on the various aspects of organizational diversity, including why diversity is important for organizations, recruiting, retaining, and effectively and fairly utilizing a diverse workforce, and legislation related to diversity. The book conducts in-depth explorations of key racial/ethnic groups, sex and gender, religion, work and family, weight and appearance, physical and mental ability, and sexual orientation. It includes prescriptions on how to become a diversity-friendly employer, include workers often devalued, and how both dominant and non-dominant group members can work to effect change.

Chapter Opening Key Facts: Relevant facts and figures open each chapter helping students approach the material more objectively, with less bias.
"Sidebars": These brief and current examples are interspersed through the text enhancing student understanding of pertinent topics.
Mini-Cases: The text includes several mini-cases which help students to apply chapter concepts.
"Misperception" and "Reality" Checkpoints: Throughout each chapter, correcting common misunderstandings as they serve to reinforce chapter content.
"Questions to Consider," and "Actions": The end of each chapter includes application questions and brief but effective experiential exercises that can be assigned to students outside of class or in groups.
International Features: These features include an international view of the content of many chapters, such as legislation, individuals or groups and their experiences, and country comparisons.

Myrtle P. Bell
Myrtle P. Bell is an associate professor of management at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she has taught diversity courses to graduate and undergraduate students for a decade. She has degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, and the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research focuses on diversity and social issues at work, including sexual harassment, disability, age, and weight diversity, surface and deep-level diversity, and effects of partner violence on women at work. Dr. Bell's research has appeared in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, and Journal of Vocational Behavior and in numerous edited volumes. She is an active member of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division (GDO) of the Academy of Management, having served as the division's representative to the Academy of Management Council and as a member of the Executive Committee. She is currently the Chair-Elect of the GDO division.

Section I: INTRODUCTION, LEGISLATION, AND THEORIES
1. Introduction to the Study of Diversity in Organizations.
2. Theories.
3. Legislation.
Section II: EXAMINING SPECIFIC GROUPS AND CATEGORIES.
4. Blacks/African Americans.
5. Latinos/Hispanics.
6. Asian Americans.
7. Whites/European Americans.
8. American Indians and Multi-Racial Group Members.
9. Sex and Gender.
10. Work and Family.
11. Sexual Orientation.
12. Religion.
13. Age.
14. Physical and Mental Ability.
15. Weight and Appearance.
Section III: GLOBAL VISION.
16: International Diversity and Facing the Future.