Diversity and Inclusion in the Virtual Organisation

Andri Georgiadou is Co-Director of the Nottingham EDI in Research Hub, a cross-institutional initiative that brings together researchers, leaders, and practitioners to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in research culture across the University of Nottingham, UK. She is Associate Professor at Nottingham University Business School, where she serves as Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.Eddy Ng is the Smith Professor in Equity and Inclusion in Business at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. His research focuses on managing diversity for organizational competitiveness, the future of work, and managing across generations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Co-Editor of Personnel Review.Dimitria Groutsis is Professor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Sydney Business School and Academic Director of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Program. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Women in Leadership Program (APRU).

"This is a timely and intelligent collection. Georgiadou, Ng, and Groutsis bring together leading scholars to show how inclusion is made and unmade in the virtual world of work. The volume treats inclusion as a socio-technical achievement, shaped by data systems, algorithms, hybrid arrangements, and the everyday practices of organisations. Its chapters reach across AI, higher education, and construction, and they take seriously the contexts that diversity research too often overlooks, from Pakistan to the Asia Pacific. The case for equity by intentional design is clear, practical, and humane. I recommend it warmly to students, practitioners, and policymakers who want to understand inclusion as it is actually lived in digitally mediated workplaces."Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London--"This book is an excellent resource for academics, practitioners and students who want to gain thought-provoking insights into reaping the benefits of virtual technologies and hybrid work arrangements without compromising inclusion and the value of diversity." Stella Nkomo, Emeritus Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa --"Amid continued digital and hybrid work, increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence, this timely, insightful volume is a must-read and heed book. As detailed in thought-provoking chapters, the quest for inclusion in such spaces may be less visible but may also require more and different attention from practitioners, policymakers, and scholars."Myrtle P. Bell, PhD, Thomas McMahon Professor in Business Ethics, Department of Management, University of Texas Arlington

• Chapter 1: Inclusion in a Virtual World Chapter 2: The Predictive Algorithms of AI Meet Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Chapter 3: The Impact of Virtual Environments on Black Women Career Advancement Chapter 4: Diversity management tensions in academia: insights from a gender diversity research project in a UK HEI Chapter 5: Inclusion in the AI workplace Chapter 6: Intersectional approaches to inclusivity and digital inequality for staff and students in Higher Education Chapter 7: Hybrid Organizations:A Real Deal For DEI or A Larger than Life Workplace? Chapter 8: Digital access and online education amid the pandemic Chapter 9: Digital’s role in facilitating women retention in the construction sector- a network perspective