Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace A Guide to the Current Challenges, Issues and Business Solutions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Caven, Valerie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nachmias, Stefanos (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma,
• Subjects: Diversity in the workplace.; Manpower policy.; Organization.; Planning.; Industrial sociology.; Employee health promotion.; Diversity Management/Women in Business.; Human Resource Development.; Sociology of Work.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.

The book presents a critical framework for assessing whether organisational practice and function reinforces unseen potential differences amongst individuals in the workplace. It offers a comprehensive understanding and awareness of managerial and organisational practices that perpetuate social excl...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction;Valerie Caven and Stefanos Nachmias
• 2. The Challenges and Social Impact of Coeliac Disease in the Workplace; Valerie Caven and Stefanos Nachmias
• 3. The 'A' Word in Employment; Considerations of Asperger's Syndrome for HR Specialists; Anne Cockayne
• 4. Conflicts and Challenges of Gender in the Workplace: The Police Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Janet Astley
• 5. The Quality of Work among Older Workers; Christopher Lawton and Daniel Wheatley
• 6. Flexible Working: Are we Ready for this?; Ning Wu
• 7. LGBT+ Participation in Sport: Invisible Participants, Hidden Spaces of Exclusion; Scott Lawley
• 8. Gender Differences in Paid and Unpaid Work; Daniel Wheatley, Christopher Lawton and Irene Hardill
• 9. Cognitive Biases in Recruitment, Selection and Promotion: The Risk of Subconscious Discrimination; Zara Whysall
• 10. Men and Gay Identity in the Workplace; Simon Roberts
• 11. Examining the Relationship between Discrimination and Disengagement; Sarah Pass
• 12. Hidden Inequalities of the Expatriate Workforce; Maranda Ridgway
• 13. Conclusion; Valerie Caven and Stefanos Nachmias.