Addressing the challenge of engaging in paid work while undertaking unpaid caring: insights for improving employment inclusion of young carers

Despite many organisations internationally increasingly pushing diversity agendas and suggesting a commitment to equal opportunity experiences, this study found that young carers’ work opportunities are often disrupted by their caring role. For young carers to be successful in their careers, organisations need to provide further workplace flexibility, and other support is required to attract and … Read moreAddressing the challenge of engaging in paid work while undertaking unpaid caring: insights for improving employment inclusion of young carers

Reconceptualising diversity management from a paradox lens

Since the 1980’s, diversity management (DM) has been regarded as a relevant scholarly and practical endeavour laden with different and often contrasting rationales and conceptualisations. In this regard, the current literature on DM largely differentiates between two overarching approaches – the instrumental and the critical approach with varying conceptualisations and underlying understandings of DM. The … Read moreReconceptualising diversity management from a paradox lens

Racelighting in Utah education: counterstories across contexts

The authors of this article– five anti-racist educators working in various educational settings in SLC– employ the Critical Race Theory counter-story methodology (Delgado and Stefancic, 1993) to confront resistance to educational equity in Utah. They do so by first providing a historical context of race and education in Utah before presenting four short counterstories addressing … Read moreRacelighting in Utah education: counterstories across contexts

The Social Drivers of Inclusive Workplaces scale: a preliminary validation of the questionnaire

The EFA revealed a three-factor structure, including inclusive colleagues, supervisors and top management. This solution was confirmed by the CFA and outperformed all alternative models, showing good reliabilities. Measurement invariance across gender was confirmed. Correlations indicated that the SDIW total score and each dimension were positively associated with belongingness needs satisfaction and affective commitment, while … Read moreThe Social Drivers of Inclusive Workplaces scale: a preliminary validation of the questionnaire

Academic mothers and the practice of embodied care: navigating and resisting uncaring structures in the neoliberal academy

To understand the positioning of contemporary academic mothers, this study draws on insights from both cultural studies and organisation studies on the emergence of discursive formations about gender, that is “postfeminist sensibility”. Guided by autoethnographic accounts of academic motherhood, this study reveals that today academia creates an individualised, neutral (disembodied), output-focused and control-oriented understanding of … Read moreAcademic mothers and the practice of embodied care: navigating and resisting uncaring structures in the neoliberal academy

Adivasi women temporary workers in tea gardens and the Covid-19 pandemic

The analysis explored the intersectional experiences of the women temporary workers (1) as members of Tea Tribes who are compelled to continue working at tea gardens as wage laborers, (2) job insecurities at work due to their temporary worker status, (3) disadvantages faced by women workers for their gender identity and (4) the gendered impact … Read moreAdivasi women temporary workers in tea gardens and the Covid-19 pandemic

LGBTQ+ in workplace: a systematic review and reconsideration

The inclusion of LGBTQ + persons (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and having other sexual orientations and gender identities) is a crucial step in improving gender diversity in the workplace; however, till date, it remains a significant challenge for human resource management professionals. The current study critically examines this issue of an inclusive workplace for LGBTQ + people through … Read moreLGBTQ+ in workplace: a systematic review and reconsideration

Micro-political strategies in negotiating the role of women's networks in organizations

Adding to the literature, the authors find that members of the different parties employ different micro-political strategies. Many senior HR and management members demand that the networks’ activities contribute to the organizations’ diversity aims and bottom line. They largely avoid strategic cooperation with the networks. Most network members, in turn, resist the restricted role of … Read moreMicro-political strategies in negotiating the role of women's networks in organizations

rpmfm: DOWNLOAD: The imagineNATIVE 2015 Mixtape, Featuring…

rpmfm: DOWNLOAD: The imagineNATIVE 2015 Mixtape, Featuring GlitClit, Madeskimo, and Akkil RPM is pleased to present the 2015 imagineNATIVE mixtape, as part of the festival’s 16th annual celebration of Indigenous creativity. On Saturday, October 17, imagineNATIVE will present a live music performance night “The Beat DJ POW! WOW!” — featuring electronic sets from GlitClit (Lido … Read morerpmfm:

DOWNLOAD: The imagineNATIVE 2015 Mixtape, Featuring…

Cause for change: lessons for Black liberation

Using the examples of Grenadian-born Jean Augustine, the first Black Member of Parliament in Canada, and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, the piece argues that the ethos of the Emigrant Ambassador—the collective empowerment of Black feminism, liberation, and radicalism—ushered in a new era for change abroad and in Canada, as transnational and international change was … Read moreCause for change: lessons for Black liberation

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