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This unique Research Handbook covers a wide range of issues that affect the careers of those in diverse groups: age, appearance, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and transgender.

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This unique Research Handbook covers a wide range of issues that affect the careers of those in diverse groups: age, appearance, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and transgender.This work includes cross-disciplinary contributions from over 50 international academics, researchers, policy-makers, managers and psychologists, who review current thinking, practices, initiatives and developments within diversity and careers research on an international scale. They also consider the implication of diversity legislation for organizations and the individual, providing an insight into the future direction of research and practice. Unlike other research in the field, this work presents wide-ranging and holistic coverage of diverse groups in addition to considering the implication of individuals who appear in multiple categories.Students, academics and researchers in the fields of human resources, management and employment as well as those whose study encompasses diversity, development and equality will find this Research Handbook to be a useful and insightful read.Contributors: E.O. Achola, T. Agarwala, N. Arshad-Mather, D. Atewologun, G.L. Bend, A. Broadbridge, T. Calvard, S.M. Carraher, E.T. Chan, S.A. Chaudhry, F. Colgan, A. Elluru, S.L. Fielden, D. Foley, F. Gavin, L. Gutmann Kahn, K. Hirano, L.L. Huberty, M. Hynd, S. Javed, H. Jepson, S.K. Johnson, J. Jones, M. Jyrkinen, K. Karl, K. Keplinger, R. Kilpatrick, T. Köllen, L. Lindstrom, J. McGregor, L. McKie, M.E. Moore, D. Nickson, M.B. Ozturk, E. Parry, E. Pio, T. Povenmire-Kirk, T. Pratt, V. Priola, M.V. Roehling, P.V. Roehling, N. Rumens, Y.M. Sidani, S.E. Sullivan, J. Syed, S.A. Tate, A. Tatli, R. Thomas, F. Tomlinson, R. Turner, J. Van Eck Peluchette, H. Woodruffe-Burton

Author Biography

Edited by Adelina M. Broadbridge, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling and Sandra L. Fielden, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

Table of Contents

Contents:IntroductionAdelina M. Broadbridge and Sandra L. FieldenPART I Age1. Age and generational diversity in careersEmma Parry2. to mid-career women managers: experiences of gendered age, care and workLinda McKie and Marjut Jyrkinen3. Older women and career development: double (triple) jeopardy or endless opportunities?Judy McGregor4. The last career transition? A gendered perspective on retirementFrances TomlinsonPART II Appearance5. The importance of how you look for getting in and getting on in the workplaceDennis Nickson6. Size does matter: the impact of size on careerPatricia V. Roehling, Mark V. Roehling and Austin Elluru7. 'She's got the look': examining feminine and provocative dress in the workplaceJoy Van Eck Peluchette and Katherine Karl8. The perils of pretty: effects of personal appearance on women's careersStefanie K. Johnson, Ksenia Keplinger, Jessica F. Kirk and Elsa T. ChanPART III Disability9. Diversity orientation and disability in organizational leadershipMark E. Moore and Lana L. Huberty10. Career development for individuals with disabilities: examining issues of equity, access and opportunityLauren Lindstrom, Kara Hirano and Richie Thomas11. Career development for young adults with disabilities: an intersectional analysisLaurie Gutmann Kahn, Edwin Obilo Achola, and Tiana Povenmire-Kirk12. What about a career? The intersection of gender and disabilityGemma L. Bend and Vincenza PriolaPART IV Gender13. Impostor syndrome as a way of understanding gender and careersThomas Calvard14. Using the Kaleidoscope Career Model to create cultures of gender equitySherry E. Sullivan and Shawn M. Carraher15. Bullying and career consequences in the academy: experiences of women facultyTanuja Agarwala16. Career issues for women in the banking sectorMelissa Hynd and Adelina M. BroadbridgePART V Race17. Minority ethnic careers in professional services firmsDoyin Atewologun18. Visioning Muslim women leaders and organisational leadership in the 21st centuryShirley Anne Tate and Naheed Arshad-Mather19. Aboriginal entrepreneurship: is it a career or a lifestyle change?Dennis Foley20. Gender, employment and careers in PakistanSammar Javed, Jawad Syed and Royce TurnerPART VI Religion21. Glass doors or sealed borders? Careers of veiled Muslim women in LebanonYusuf M. Sidani22. Muslim women at work Edwina Pio23. Veiling careers: comparing gendered work in Islamic and foreign banks in PakistanShafaq Chaudhry and Vincenza Priola24. Religion and callings: the divine in careersEdwina Pio, Robert Kilpatrick and Timothy PrattPART VII Sexuality25. Sexuality, gender identity and career journeysMustafa Bilgehan Ozturk and Ahu Tatli26. Out at Work?Fiona Gavin27. Coming out of the closet? The implications of increasing visibility and voice for the career development of LGB employees in UK private sector organisationsFiona Colgan28. Lesbian career experiencesSandra L. Fielden and Hannah JepsonPART VIII Transgender29. Transpeople, work and careers: a queer theory perspectiveNick Rumens30. Declining career prospects as 'transition loss'? On the career development of transgender employeesThomas Köllen31. Brothers are doing it for themselves: transmen and the creation of boundaryless and protean career choicesHelen Woodruffe-Burton32. 'Trans-ferring in the workplaceJackie JonesIndex

Review

'This comprehensive Research Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of thinking and research in the field of diversity and careers. With original contributions from key international scholars, it addresses contemporary issues around individual career development based on eight diversity themes that include ''core'' areas of gender, age, disability and race as well as new, emergent areas of relevance: appearance, sexuality, religion and transgender. In bringing together scholarship from a range of national contexts and of disciplinary backgrounds, it provides a wide-ranging view of contemporary thinking on diversity and careers and future directions of research.'--Ruth Simpson, Brunel University, UK'This Research Handbook offers a wide cover of the intersection between career studies and diversity management. The collection pulls together available knowledge written by experts in the field. This is a much needed Research Handbook for scholars in these fields, edited by two scholarly leaders, with high level of rigor and relevance.'--Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK

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'This Research Handbook offers a wide cover of the intersection between career studies and diversity management. The collection pulls together available knowledge written by experts in the field. This is a much needed Research Handbook for scholars in these fields, edited by two scholarly leaders, with high level of rigor and relevance.'

Details ISBN1839100508 Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 1839100508 ISBN-13 9781839100505 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-10-30 Pages 576 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series New Horizons in Management series Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2019-10-30 NZ Release Date 2019-10-30 UK Release Date 2019-10-30 Author Sandra L. Fielden Edited by Sandra L. Fielden DEWEY 658.3008 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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