Andri GEORGIADOU (FHEA, PhD, MSc, MBA, PgC, BSc) is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus) and a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA). Maria-Alejandra GONZALEZ-PEREZ (PhD, MBS, Psy) is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia). She is the regional chapter chair (2018-2021) for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Academy of International Business (AIB). Miguel R. OLIVAS-LUJÁN (PhD) is a Professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania (USA). A chairperson for the Management Education & Development of the Academy of Management (2014-19), his research agenda includes: Diversity, Information Technologies, Culture, Nonprofits, and related.

Contributed by business and other scholars from Europe, South America, Australia, Nigeria, and the US, the 13 case studies in this book outline types of diversity in organizations around the world and challenges faced by management in establishing effective diversity management approaches. They discuss prejudicial corporate statements directed toward LGBT people and their effect on the Italian multinational Barilla, as well as its responses; the relationship between the participation of women on executive boards of directors and the effect on a firm's financial performance; whether individuals' perception of work group members' openness to diversity depends on their demographic groups; the factors that create unfair discrimination toward immigrant employees; whether diverse executives are placed in positions that best utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views, looking at the case of Coca-Cola; the equality and diversity of students in higher education; how allyship can be used as a diversity management tool to reduce discrimination in the workplace; the diversity and social inclusion benefits from a nonprofit rural telecom initiative in Mexico; the gaps in effectiveness of Mexico's labor legislation regarding equality in employment; gender diversity in Spanish multinational companies in Latin American countries; inclusive leadership; gender bias in academia; and the role and benefit of dogs in work environments.

• Author Bios Introduction: Diversity within Diversity: Equality And Managing Diversity Chapter 1: Pride and Prejudice: The case of Barilla S.p.A. Chapter 2: Representation of women on corporate boards of directors and firm financial performance Chapter 3: Demographics, Conflict and Perceived Openness to Diversity Chapter 4: Influence of Immigrants' Attributes on Unfair Discrimination in Organizations Chapter 5: Board diversity in audit and finance committees: A case study of Coca-Cola Chapter 6: Equality and Diversity of Students in Higher Education Chapter 7: Allyship as a diversity and inclusion tool in the workplace Chapter 8: Managing diversity and social inclusion in a telecom project: Overcoming cultural and economic barriers Chapter 9: Managing Workplace Inequality in Mexico: An Analysis of Gender, Age and (Dis)Ability Status Chapter 10: Managing gender diversity in companies operating in different national contexts: the case of Spanish MNCs in Latin America countries Chapter 11: Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field Chapter 12: Gender bias in academia: an attempt to render the intangible tangible. Chapter 13: Diverse human families and pet friendly work environments: Pawternity of dogs

Andri GEORGIADOU (FHEA, PhD, MSc, MBA, PgC, BSc) is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus) and a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA). Maria-Alejandra GONZALEZ-PEREZ (PhD, MBS, Psy) is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia). She is the regional chapter chair (2018-2021) for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Academy of International Business (AIB). Miguel R. OLIVAS-LUJÁN (PhD) is a Professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania (USA). A chairperson for the Management Education & Development of the Academy of Management (2014-19), his research agenda includes: Diversity, Information Technologies, Culture, Nonprofits, and related.

Contributed by business and other scholars from Europe, South America, Australia, Nigeria, and the US, the 13 case studies in this book outline types of diversity in organizations around the world and challenges faced by management in establishing effective diversity management approaches. They discuss prejudicial corporate statements directed toward LGBT people and their effect on the Italian multinational Barilla, as well as its responses; the relationship between the participation of women on executive boards of directors and the effect on a firm's financial performance; whether individuals' perception of work group members' openness to diversity depends on their demographic groups; the factors that create unfair discrimination toward immigrant employees; whether diverse executives are placed in positions that best utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views, looking at the case of Coca-Cola; the equality and diversity of students in higher education; how allyship can be used as a diversity management tool to reduce discrimination in the workplace; the diversity and social inclusion benefits from a nonprofit rural telecom initiative in Mexico; the gaps in effectiveness of Mexico's labor legislation regarding equality in employment; gender diversity in Spanish multinational companies in Latin American countries; inclusive leadership; gender bias in academia; and the role and benefit of dogs in work environments.

• Author Bios Introduction: Diversity within Diversity: Equality And Managing Diversity Chapter 1: Pride and Prejudice: The case of Barilla S.p.A. Chapter 2: Representation of women on corporate boards of directors and firm financial performance Chapter 3: Demographics, Conflict and Perceived Openness to Diversity Chapter 4: Influence of Immigrants' Attributes on Unfair Discrimination in Organizations Chapter 5: Board diversity in audit and finance committees: A case study of Coca-Cola Chapter 6: Equality and Diversity of Students in Higher Education Chapter 7: Allyship as a diversity and inclusion tool in the workplace Chapter 8: Managing diversity and social inclusion in a telecom project: Overcoming cultural and economic barriers Chapter 9: Managing Workplace Inequality in Mexico: An Analysis of Gender, Age and (Dis)Ability Status Chapter 10: Managing gender diversity in companies operating in different national contexts: the case of Spanish MNCs in Latin America countries Chapter 11: Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field Chapter 12: Gender bias in academia: an attempt to render the intangible tangible. Chapter 13: Diverse human families and pet friendly work environments: Pawternity of dogs

Andri GEORGIADOU (FHEA, PhD, MSc, MBA, PgC, BSc) is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus) and a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA). Maria-Alejandra GONZALEZ-PEREZ (PhD, MBS, Psy) is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia). She is the regional chapter chair (2018-2021) for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Academy of International Business (AIB). Miguel R. OLIVAS-LUJÁN (PhD) is a Professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania (USA). A chairperson for the Management Education & Development of the Academy of Management (2014-19), his research agenda includes: Diversity, Information Technologies, Culture, Nonprofits, and related.

Contributed by business and other scholars from Europe, South America, Australia, Nigeria, and the US, the 13 case studies in this book outline types of diversity in organizations around the world and challenges faced by management in establishing effective diversity management approaches. They discuss prejudicial corporate statements directed toward LGBT people and their effect on the Italian multinational Barilla, as well as its responses; the relationship between the participation of women on executive boards of directors and the effect on a firm's financial performance; whether individuals' perception of work group members' openness to diversity depends on their demographic groups; the factors that create unfair discrimination toward immigrant employees; whether diverse executives are placed in positions that best utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and views, looking at the case of Coca-Cola; the equality and diversity of students in higher education; how allyship can be used as a diversity management tool to reduce discrimination in the workplace; the diversity and social inclusion benefits from a nonprofit rural telecom initiative in Mexico; the gaps in effectiveness of Mexico's labor legislation regarding equality in employment; gender diversity in Spanish multinational companies in Latin American countries; inclusive leadership; gender bias in academia; and the role and benefit of dogs in work environments.

• Author Bios Introduction: Diversity within Diversity: Equality And Managing Diversity Chapter 1: Pride and Prejudice: The case of Barilla S.p.A. Chapter 2: Representation of women on corporate boards of directors and firm financial performance Chapter 3: Demographics, Conflict and Perceived Openness to Diversity Chapter 4: Influence of Immigrants' Attributes on Unfair Discrimination in Organizations Chapter 5: Board diversity in audit and finance committees: A case study of Coca-Cola Chapter 6: Equality and Diversity of Students in Higher Education Chapter 7: Allyship as a diversity and inclusion tool in the workplace Chapter 8: Managing diversity and social inclusion in a telecom project: Overcoming cultural and economic barriers Chapter 9: Managing Workplace Inequality in Mexico: An Analysis of Gender, Age and (Dis)Ability Status Chapter 10: Managing gender diversity in companies operating in different national contexts: the case of Spanish MNCs in Latin America countries Chapter 11: Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field Chapter 12: Gender bias in academia: an attempt to render the intangible tangible. Chapter 13: Diverse human families and pet friendly work environments: Pawternity of dogs