Synopsis
Organizations need not sacrifice workplace diversity in the quest for positive global reputation and profit. On the contrary, attention to social identity 'difference' in the workplace drives organizations in deep, far reaching and measurable ways. Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations critically interrogates power and meanings of 'difference,' suggests avenues for building theory about 'difference,' and offers reasons why real commitment to diversity is needed; an endeavor that requires conscious and sustained effort. Donnalyn Pompper has spent over 15 years teaching, researching, and publishing about social identity dimensions in the workplace and in media representations. She offers a multidisciplinary approach to considering social identity intersectionalities at work. This is a core stand-alone book for organizational communication, business/management, research methods, classes of advanced undergraduate and graduate students , as well as a font of practical advice for organizations' managers. User-friendly chapters include applied sidebars, key term definitions, and questions for critical thinking and personal reflection.
About the Author
Donnalyn Pompper (Ph.D., Mass Media & Communication, Temple University) is a tenured associate professor working in the Department of Strategic Communication at Temple University where she teaches and researches about power as it plays out in social identity - in organizations and in media representations. Prior to becoming a professor, Pompper worked in corporate public affairs management and as a journalist. She is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Pompper is an internationally recognized scholar who has written Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations (2014, Emerald Publishing) and co-edited Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience & the Global Justice Movement (2003, Praeger) with Andy Opel. In press is Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Relations: Negotiating Multiple Complex Challenges (2015, Routledge). Pompper also has published extensively in academic journals such as Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Mass Communication & Society, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, The Journal of Popular Culture, Mass Communication & Society, The Howard Journal of Communications, and International Journal of Strategic Communication. She may be contacted at dpompper@temple.edu.
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