Diversity in the Workforce

by Marilyn Y. Byrd (Editor), Chaunda L Scott (Editor)

Diversity in the Workforce is a comprehensive, integrated teaching resource providing students with the tools and methodologies they need to negotiate effectively the multicultural workplace, and to counter issues of discrimination and privilege. Written from an American perspective, the book not only covers the traditional topics of race, gender, ethnicity and social class, but moves beyond this to explore emerging trends around ‘isms’ (racism, sexism), as well as transgender issues, spirituality, intergenerational workforce tensions, cross-cultural teams, physical appearance stigmatizing, visible and invisible disabilities, and racial harassment. The With end of chapter questions encouraging students to engage in difficult conversations, and case studies to stimulate students’ awareness of the real problems and issues that emerge from diversity, this book will help students develop the critical, analytical, problem solving and decision making skills they need to mediate or resolve diversity issues as future professionals.

Genres: Textbooks

392 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Nathan Moldenhauer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am reading this book for a class. There is a lot about this text I don't like. First of all, it lacks serious substance. This text really reads like it was written with interest convergence in mind. For example, the very definition of diversity in this text is so broad that every organization on earth could be considered diverse.

Second, their history of workforce diversity in the United States can barely be considered cursory. The authors move from Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board without any mention of A. Philip Randolph, Walter White, and Thurgood Marshall (before he was a supreme court justice) and the fight to get Black workers into defense jobs during WWII.

Third, there are plenty of spaces where elaboration is necessary for comprehension but is missing entirely.

In conclusion, the whole text feels like it was written just to publish something. What is worse, it reads like it was published to appease a selected audience, which is the antithesis of diversity.

[Mills College Library]

331.133 D6183 2014