国际多样性手册Management at Work

Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment

Research Handbooks in Business and Management series

Edited by Alain Klarsfeld, Professor of Human Resources, Department of Human Resource Management and Business Law, TBS Business School, Toulouse, France

Managing and developing diversity is on the political and business agenda in many countries; therefore diversity management has become an area of knowledge and practice in its own right. Yet all too often it is referred to as a unifying concept, as if it were to be interpreted uniformly across all cultures and countries. The contributors to this volume expertly examine the relationship between diversity management and equality legislation within the different participating countries’ national contexts. They advocate that such separation and sequencing between equality at work and diversity management is far from natural.

‘Up-to-date, useful, well documented and understandably written; a model hopefully for similar explorations.’
– George Simons, Delta Intercultural Academy/dialogin

‘Most of the literature to date on diversity has been based in western and industrialized national cultures. It is gratifying therefore to see that this book includes chapters from scholars based in sixteen different countries across the world, representing Europe, the Middle East, South and East Asia, and North America. Although the chapter authors have approached the topic in a variety of different ways, they provide comparative insights on diversity management that will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers alike.’
– Neal M. Ashkanasy, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia

‘Diversity management has become fashionable as an extension of equal opportunity and affirmative action policies, but placing the emphasis more on organizational development and change. This Handbook covers no less than sixteen countries with a diverse range of issues, ranging from the caste system in India to the problems of migrants in the Netherlands. Each country is placed in an historical context and a range of policies dealing with gender, ethnic minorities, migrants, age, disability and sexuality are discussed. This Handbook will be essential reading for anyone concerned with human resources.’
– Peter J. Sloane, Swansea University, UK