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Providing comprehensive coverage of the field of diversity, equality, equity and inclusion (DEI), this timely Encyclopedia addresses significant developments in diversity management. Entries adopt both theoretical and critical approaches to construct a complete picture of this crucial approach to business practice.
This book examines the impact of the recent global health crisis on the urban development of Vienna and Tokyo. Contributions from fields such as regional, landscape, or transport planning as well as urban sociology and cultural anthropology illustrate that, in these capitals, the effects of the pandemic on urban space have been both immediate and long-term. At the same time, they show that historical and cultural contexts influence the way cities have dealt with the challenges posed by COVID-19.
La visée de cet ouvrage est de donner une visibilité particulière aux situations rencontrées par les mères et les personnes assumant un rôle parental dans le contexte académique pendant et à la suite de la pandémie de COVID-19. Trois axes interreliés et non exclusifs balisent l'ouvrage : la spatialité, les temporalités et l’accès aux réseaux de soutien. Cet ouvrage constitue un important matériel pédagogique pour les cours universitaires touchant aux enjeux d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion.
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many thought the changes taking place would be fleeting. It is now widely recognized that COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic in our highly interconnected world, and “pandemic societies” will be with us for some time. Pandemic Societies brings together experts in a wide range of academic disciplines to reflect on how their fields might be transformed in this new context. While the pandemic forces global institutions, such as the World Health Organization, to reimagine the ways in which they function, it also reaches into our everyday lives to change how we organize culture, performing arts, sports, tourism, and cities. Exploring how COVID-19 has...
Bringing together preeminent international researchers, emerging scholars and practitioners, Paul M. Pedersen presents the comprehensive Encyclopedia of Sport Management, offering detailed entries for the critical concepts and topics in the field.
Technological developments have enabled a dramatic expansion and also an evolution of telework, broadly defined as using ICTs to perform work from outside of an employer’s premises. This volume offers a new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades. It reviews national experiences from Argentina, Brazil, India, Japan, the United States, and ten EU countries regarding the development of telework, its various forms and effects. It also analyses large-scale surveys and company case studies regarding the incidence of telework and its effects on working time, work-life balance, occupational health and well-being, and individual and organizational performance.
Deutschland gehört zu den wichtigsten Einwanderungsländern weltweit. Kulturelle Vielfalt prägt die Gesellschaft mehr denn je, doch in der Bundesverwaltung sind Eingewanderte und ihre Nachkommen nur in geringem Maße repräsentiert. Welche Ursachen stehen einer weiteren Öffnung entgegen? Welche Folgen hat die zunehmende kulturelle Diversität für die Leistungsfähigkeit der öffentlichen Verwaltung? Die groß angelegte Studie „Diversität und Chancengleichheit Survey“ bietet erstmals fundierte Ergebnisse zu diesen Fragen.
OECD societies have become increasingly diverse in the past decades, offering new opportunities if diversity is properly managed. Ensuring that OECD countries are equipped to make the most of diversity by fully utilising all talent among diverse populations and promoting inclusive labour markets is a key challenge.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) have become features of organizations as a result of both legal and societal advances, as well as neoliberal economic reasoning and considerations. Current research approaches frequently fall short of addressing the challenges faced in EDI research, and this benchmark Handbook brings up to date coverage of research methods in EDI, and advances the development of research in the field.
Description of the foundations of organizing and managing diversities, and multidisciplinary, intersectional and critical analyses on key issues.