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Inequality and Organizational Practice

Volume I: Work and Welfare

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Covers a range of inequalities such as age, disability, gender and reassignment, race, religion, sexual orientation, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity
  • Explores role of hard and soft legislation and how organisational policies create hidden inequalities.
  • Includes case studies as well as theoretical and conceptual chapters

Part of the book series: Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma (PAEWS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Inequality and Organisational Practice: Work and Welfare

    • Stefanos Nachmias, Valerie Caven, Amairisa Kouki
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Legal Framework on Diversity and Equality

    • Stefanos Nachmias, Maranda Ridgway, Valerie Caven
    Pages 15-36
  4. Expert Leadership and Hidden Inequalities in Community Projects

    • Christine Mortimer, Brendan Paddison
    Pages 37-64
  5. Gender-Based Favouritism in Workplace Training

    • Fotios Mitsakis
    Pages 115-139
  6. Avoiding Hidden Inequalities in Challenging Times: Can Talent Management Help?

    • Muteb Alamri, Merlin Stone, Eleni Aravopoulou, Luisa Weinzierl, Guglielmo Calvini, Lakshmipriya Maheswaran
    Pages 161-188
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 287-291

About this book

Bringing together international authors, this edited collection addresses the need for greater inclusivity within organizational policy and practice, in order to tackle both visible and invisible inequalities amongst employees. Evidence suggests that more positive employment relationships can be brought about by tackling diversity issues, yet there are still ‘grey areas’ existing in the current legislative framework. Volume I explores the way that these hidden inequalities can be used to identify an individual as ‘other,’ and how this ultimately affects their wellbeing and welfare at work. Analysing social justice and stigma, as well as nuanced issues within the workplace, this book is a thought-provoking read for scholars of HRM, practitioners and policy-makers.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Stefanos Nachmias, Valerie Caven

About the editors

Stefanos Nachmias is Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, UK. He is experienced in developing and delivering diversity awareness educational programmes and supporting organizations in addressing equality issues. His research interests include an assessment of line managers’ diversity needs, gender in the workplace and employment practices.

Valerie Caven is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, UK. She holds an Academic Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests include gendered work and policy failure leading to hidden inequalities.

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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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