Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management

Edited by Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London, UK and Cihat Erbil, Associate Professor of Organisation, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, Turkey

‘Özbilgin and Erbil have brought together a great collection of authors to offer an essential resource for understanding the critical importance of leveraging cultural, demographic, national, technological, and ecological diversity to drive organizational innovation and creativity. This volume could not have come at a better time as the globe faces an unprecedented poly-crisis requiring transformative leadership and new ways of thinking about diversity.’

• ContentsIntroduction to Global Diversity Management: towards a new deal betweenhuman diversity, nature and technology 1Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Cihat ErbilPART I STRANDS OF DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL DIVERSITYMANAGEMENT1 Race, ethnicity, gender, and global diversity management 12Diane Chilangwa Farmer, Doyin Atewologun, and Moe Iwata2 Cross-cultural perspectives on global diversity management: values,meaning and power intersections 25Jasmin Mahadevan3 Releasing the untapped potential of highly skilled migrants throughglobal diversity management: evidence from firms in Turkey 40Deniz Palalar Alkan and Rıfat Kamaşak4 Surviving the maze: exploring elite migrant experiences of diversity,hierarchy and status in the global diaspora 54Kathleen Park5 A critical inquiry into the dark side of inclusion in LGBTQ+ friendlywork contexts and global diversity management practices 69Erhan Aydın, Emir Özeren and Paul McEvoy Clarke6 The invisible disability of dyslexia in French organizations: framingdisability as a skill through global diversity management 79Damien Aimar7 Board diversity management in FTSE 350 – so close and yet so far:reflections and the way forward 91Rita Goyal and Nada KakabadsePART II INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALDIVERSITY MANAGEMENT8 Time to delve into the weeds: illuminating the diversity to performanceblack box by exploring co-worker relationships 108Juliet Bourke9 Digitalisation, social media and disadvantage: towards a reflexiveglobal diversity management within rising posthuman conditions 123Lakshman Wimalasena10 Toward a universal declaration of robot rights? Building robots intoglobal diversity 138Kamil Mamak11 Algorithms and global diversity management 148Olivia Kyriakidou12 The work–life interface and global diversity management 164T. Alexandra Beauregard13 The psychology of global diversity management 175Veysi Tanrıverdi14 Self-leadership and global diversity management 191Babar Dharani15 Leadership and global diversity management: challenges and solutionsthrough participatory theater framework 204Aybike Mergen and Çağla Güven16 The Diversity Practitioner’s role in the context of global diversitymanagement: reflections and experiences 216Jane Franklin and Fiona Bartels-Ellis17 Leaders as allies for equality, diversity, and inclusion: effective andineffective approaches to allyship as a global diversity intervention 232Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Cihat Erbil and Itır AykutPART III CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTS ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT18 Decolonizing DEI knowledge and practices in Africa: embracing theBantu-Kongo concept of Mbongi 249Jacobs (Mbango) Sihela and Kurt April19 Global diversity and inclusion: the case of Australia 278Dimitria Groutsis20 Iranian movement (#WomenLifeFreedom): a catalyst for global diversity 289Sanaz Zadeh21 Highly skilled health workers: migration, work, and diversity management 302Franklin Oikelome22 Automotive industry and global diversity management: an EasternEuropean perspective 317Emil VelinovContents vii23 Teaching global diversity, equity and inclusion through the lenses ofqueer theory 329Emil Velinov and Aneta Hamza-Orlinska