Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: International Contexts, Policies and Practices

Gain a contemporary and complete understanding of the concepts, theories and practical considerations integral to modern diversity management with this textbook.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace provides a clear and accessible introduction to the subject, finely balancing theoretical and practical considerations to enable students to engage with EDI issues with confidence and understanding. It discusses concepts and theories relevant to EDI from a range of disciplines, outlining the major legislation impacting on EDI organizational practice worldwide.

This textbook also features an in-depth exploration of the key issues, challenges and considerations regarding respective employee groups and analyses concepts such as intersectionality, diversity resistance, allyship and issues of ’rhetoric versus reality’. It features insights from EDI experts across the globe as well as legal cases and examples from the likes of General Motors and Tata Consultancy Services. It is supported by a range of learning features including learning outcomes, ’often misunderstood’ features, practical activities and debate questions.

With a suite of online resources including lecture slides, teaching resources and further long-form case studies, this is an essential resource for postgraduate and upper undergraduate HRM and business students studying modules relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Ciarán McFadden-Young is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. His interdisciplinary research explores the workplace and career experiences of LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse employees, labour market discrimination and identity in organisations and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and several books. A member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Panel for the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Human Resource Development, a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization and a Visiting Lecturer at Jain University, India.