Taming diversity
An Exploratory Study on the Travel of a Management Fashion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6058505 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonie Heres (0000-0003-1869-5448, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Yvonne Benschop, Yvonne W M Benschop (0000-0003-2247-1527, Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| Editors | Inge Bleijenbergh (0000-0002-5796-544X) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 436-457 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Equal Opportunities International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-7093 • E-ISSN: 2040-7149 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/02610151011052762 |
| OpenAlex | W2098336321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 41 |
Purpose Originating from the USA in the early 1990s, diversity management has been “imported” to Europe to become a fashionable practice in many business organizations. The aim of this paper is to provide further insight into whether and how the diversity management discourse challenges and replaces existing local discourses on equality and diversity, and how diversity management is given content and meaning in a specific local context. Design/methodology/approach Statements on diversity, diversity management and equality on both the Dutch and the international websites of ten leading companies in the Netherlands are analyzed. Findings The analysis shows that translations of diversity management may in fact not actually replace existing local discourses, but rather leave the existing local discourse more or less intact and alter the original diversity management discourse to fit into this local discourse. Originality/value This paper offers some important lessons for management practice
Diversity management · Epistemology · Exploratory research · Geography · Originality · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Family Business Performance and Succession · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor Movements and Unions
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |