Beyond Diversity and Intercultural Management (eBook)

Christopher Robinson-Easley is Associate Professor of Management at Governors State University, USA.

Cover 1
Beyond Diversity and Intercultural Management 4
Contents 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgments 20
Introduction 21
Part I My Journey and Understanding of Diversity and Intercultural Management from the Lens of Traditional Paradigms 46
Chapter One Understanding Diversity from the Mindset of a Structural Approach to Change 47
Chapter Two The Beginning: Moving Diversity Strategies beyond Structural Interventions 60
Chapter Three My Early Work: Appreciative Inquiry as a Diversity Intervention Strategy 65
Chapter Four The Importance of the Individual When Working to Evoke a Diverse Organizational Environment 81
Chapter Five Contemporary, Yet Unconventional Research and Perspectives on Issues of Diversity and Intercultural Management 98
Chapter Six Contemporary Diversity Perspectives: More Lessons from the “Field” 109
Chapter Seven The Movement toward New Diversity Questions and Paradigms: Synthesizing My Learning 116
Part II Nontraditional Venues for Evoking the Diversity Conversation 123
Chapter Eight Moving the Conversation Beyond the Ethics Literature: Connecting Diversity and Social Responsibility 124
Chapter Nine Transformational Leadership and the Transcendence of Humanity: Leaders Are the Drivers of Change 139
Chapter Ten Synthesizing the Learning: A New Diversity/Intercultural Competence Model for Change 148
Chapter Eleven Concluding Comments 169
Notes 173
Bibliography 175
Index 184