Diversity Ideologies in Organizations

Kecia M. Thomas is Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology at the University of Georgia and the founding director of the Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity (RED). She also serves as the Interim Associate Dean and the Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia on matters related to inclusion and diversity leadership.Victoria C. Plaut, a social and cultural psychologist, is Professor of Law and Social Science at UC Berkeley School of Law and a Faculty Affiliate in the psychology department at Berkeley.Ny Mia Tran is currently a doctoral student in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at the University of Georgia. She received her B.S. in Psychology and Business Management from Georgia Southern University in 2007 and her M.S. from the University of Georgia in I/O Psychology in 2010.

"In this provocative and timely book, Thomas, Plaut, and Tran bring together a range of expert voices to address a critical issue for diversity in organizations: how philosophies, values, and beliefs about what diversity is, how it matters, and how it should be addressed connect to vital outcomes for organizations and their people. The chapters of Diversity Ideologies in Organizations effectively combine theory, research, and insightful analysis, resulting in a rich, unique, and valuable contribution that will be quite useful to policy makers, diversity practitioners, and scholars."-Bernardo M. Ferdman, Ph.D., Professor, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, and Editor, Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion

• 1. Diversity ideologies in organizations: An introduction V. Plaut, K.Thomas, N.M. Tran, C.M. Bazemore 2. Negotiating space, finding your place: Reconciling identity management and coping strategies with diversity ideology C.D. Johnson, H.A. Haynes, A. Holyfield, H.Foster 3. Racial identity denial and its discontents: Implications for individuals and organizations. M.J. Goren, V.C. Plaut 4.Color Minimization: The theory and practice of addressing race and ethnicity at work E.Foldy, T.Buckley 5.Organizational and individual colorblindness approaches to past injustice R. Ditlmann, E.W.Mayville, and V.Purdie-Vaughns 6. Occupational sex segregation: Disciplinary and ideological approaches to understanding women’s and men’s employment patterns P.Stockdale, J.Nadler 7. To be or not to be; and to see or not to see: The benefits of LGBT identity consciousness for organizations and employees Michelle R. Hebl, Larry R. Martinez, Jeanine L. Skorinko, Laura G. Barron, and Eden B. King 8.Diversity Ideologies in the US military C.S. Carbone, K.M. Parks, D.P. McDonald 9. The intersection of organizational and individual diversity ideology on diverse employees’ perceptions of inclusion and organizational justice N. M.Tran, K.M. Thomas, and K.E. George 10. Diverse and united at the same time: Social psychological recommendations for a diverse workplace A. Hahn, A. Nunez, B.Park, C.M. Judd 11. The "business case" for diversity may not by itself make the strongest case for diversity: What a profit-maximizing rationale for affirmative action ignores & why it matters. M.M. Unzueta, E.D. Knowles 12. Multiculturalism at work: Examples from the UK and Germany J. Vassilopoulou, K. Jonson, M. Ozbilgin, A. Tatli 13. Diversity ideologies: The case of South Africa S. Nkomo