Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace: A Guide to the Current Challenges, Issues and Business Solutions

  • 6h 15m
  • Stefanos Nachmias (eds), Valerie Caven
  • Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
  • 2018

The book presents a critical framework for assessing whether organisational practice and function reinforces unseen potential differences amongst individuals in the workplace. It offers a comprehensive understanding and awareness of managerial and organisational practices that perpetuate social exclusion and discrimination towards individuals in the workplace. The book draws together themes of non-declared medical or physical conditions, voluntary and involuntary disclosure of difference, dietary requirements, lifestyle, organisational engagement and cognitive bias. As a result, the book provides a unique blend of scholarly and professional research, and brings those who have been affected by social stigmas and discrimination in the workplace to the fore. Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace also offers practical and strategic insights for practitioners, students and policy-makers, and delves the strategic nature of policy intervention and thought-provoking dialogue.

About the Editors

Valerie Caven is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is experienced in conducting qualitative research and has a strong understanding of both coeliac disease and the lack of organisational knowledge surrounding the management of the condition.

Stefanos Nachmias is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is experienced in developing and delivering diversity awareness educational programmes and supporting organisations in addressing equality issues.

In this Book

  • Introduction to 'Hidden' Inequalities in the Workplace
  • The Challenges and Social Impact of Coeliac Disease in the Workplace
  • The 'A' Word in Employment: Considerations of Asperger's Syndrome for HR Specialists
  • Conflicts and Challenges of Gender in the Workplace: The Police Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • The Quality of Work Among Older Workers
  • Flexible Working: Are We Ready for This?
  • LGBT+ Participation in Sports: 'Invisible' Participants, 'Hidden' Spaces of Exclusion
  • Gender Differences in Paid and Unpaid Work
  • Cognitive Biases in Recruitment, Selection, and Promotion: The Risk of Subconscious Discrimination
  • Men and Gay Identity in the Workplace
  • Examining the Relationship Between Discrimination and Disengagement
  • Hidden Inequalities of the Expatriate Workforce
  • Concluding Assessment to Address 'Hidden' Inequalities in the Workplace
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