Sexual Orientation at Work: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415536499 ISBN 13: 9780415536493

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

 Sexual Orientation at Work: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives brings together contemporary international research on sexual orientation and draws out its implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and heterosexual employees and managers. It provides new empirical and theoretical insights into sexual orientation employment discrimination and equality work in countries such as South Africa, Turkey, Australia, Austria, Canada, US and the UK.

This book is novel in its focus on how sexual orientation intersects with other aspects of difference such as age, class, ethnicity and disability. It adopts new theoretical perspectives (e.g. queer theory) to analyze the rise of new ‘gay-friendly’ organizations, and examines important methodological issues in collecting socio-economic data about sexual minorities.

Providing an accessible account of key issues and perspectives on sexual orientation in the workplace, Sexual Orientation at Work caters to a wide range of readers across business, feminist, and LGBT/Queer Studies fields.

About this title

About the Author

Fiona Colgan is a Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in the Faculty of Business and Law at London Metropolitan University, UK. She has published on a range of topics in equality, diversity and employment relations. Her research on LGBT workplace issues can be found in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Gender, Work and Organization and the HRM Journal.

Nick Rumens is Professor of Organization Behaviour at Middlesex University London, UK. His research interests are LGBT sexualities in organization, workplace friendships and queer theory. He has recently published journal articles on these topics in Human Relations and Organization, and a book: Queer Company: friendship in the work lives of gay men (Ashgate, 2011).

Review

"Sexual orientation, commonly included in the list of categories for which employees may not be discriminated against, has not always been discussed in great detail in organizational literature. This new volume addresses this need, presenting in 15 essays research from various areas of the study of sexual orientation in the workplace. These essays include information on how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual employees have fared at work in different industries and in different countries, as well as discussion of how discrimination of other categories of difference, such as age, class, ethnicity, and disability, intersects with issues of sexual orientation. There may not always be clear solutions to problems relating to sexual orientation at work, but managers and students of organization will benefit at least by learning about the complexity of these issues. The book's contributors include professors of business, law, and sociology from the UK and US, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and Austria, and their research examines various workplaces and employee groups, including schools, courts, the military, police services, airline cabin crews, unions, and young workers. Each chapter contains extensive references. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." - F. Reitman, Pace University CHOICE, December 2014

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0415536499
• ISBN 13: 9780415536493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Colgan Fiona, Rumens Nick