Workforce diversity policies in practice
Drivers and Barriers in Local Administrations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2148347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Lang (0000-0002-0844-8681, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1961-1980 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2020.1754444 |
| OpenAlex | W3024051447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 28 |
Employment in the municipal workforce is a key area in which cities shape the inclusion of their population of immigrant origin. While many European cities have developed policies aiming to foster the employment of staff of immigrant origin, little is known about the drivers and barriers of their implementation. Based on a comparative case study of local administrations in one German regional state and drawing on organizational theory, this article explores the role of organizational factors. It shows how the interplay of mainly two factors matters: support from the administrative leadership and the pragmatic recruitment rationalities of the human resources practitioners. Additionally, the findings suggest that the local identity as municipality more or less shaped by immigration also informs practices. The article argues that to understand the implementation of policies promoting workforce diversity organizational structures and rationalities must be considered
Business · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · German · Human resources · Identity (music · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral · Organizational structure · Political science · Population · Public relations · Sociology · Workforce · Workforce diversity · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Public Administration
Kulturelle Vielfalt der öffentlichen Verwaltung
(Un)suitable Difference
Migration-Led Institutional Change in Urban Development and Planning
Conceptual foundations of workforce homogeneity in the public sector. Insights from a systematic review on causes, consequences, and blind spots
Kulturelle Vielfalt der öffentlichen Verwaltung
Organisations and the production of migration and in/exclusion
Accessing the public workforce
How Local Contexts Matter for Local Immigrant Policies
Diversity in local political practice
Isomorphism, Diffusion and Decoupling
Legitimacy in Organizational Institutionalism
Why do some cities adopt more diversity policies than others? A study in France and Germany
Equal Opportunities Policies and Racial Inequality
Democracy and the Public Service
Die Produktion von Diversität in städtischen Verwaltungen
The New Differentialism
Gaming in Targetworld
What Drives the Implementation of Diversity Management Programs? Evidence from Public Organizations
You Can't Always Get What You Need
Best Practices or Best Guesses? Assessing the Efficacy of Corporate Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies
Recruitment in public administrations
Public organisations and diversity
Organizations as Decision Machines
Formal Opportunity, Informal Barriers
Race Equality Policies at Work
The Power of One or Power in Numbers
Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures
Institutionalized Organizations
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |