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Religion and Organizational Stigma at Work Stanley Bruce Thomson 1st ed. 2015 edition
Religion and Organizational Stigma at Work
Stanley Bruce Thomson
This book uses stigma theory to provide meaningful insight into the coping mechanisms of employees who experience critical and judgmental reactions to their religion in the workplace. Thomson's research synthesizes the various models of invisible diversity management and offers strategies for application at the organizational level.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: S. Bruce Thomson is an instructor at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He holds a PhD from Monash University in management studies. His PhD focused on religion in the workplace and how employees manage the religious diversity of their co-workers. Other research interests include ethics, job turnover, diversity management, human resource management, strategic human resource management and qualitative research methods. He has taught at universities in Australia, Grenada, and Canada. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction Why religion? Why stigma theory?2. Review of the literature Religion at work3. How aware are we? Perceptions of employees of religious diversity 4. What do we do? Strategies for dealing with religion at work.5. Perceived organizational diversity management strategies 6. Effect of national attitudes on religion at work7. Conclusion reflection, areas of research and recommendations "
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 9, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137514554 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 270 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 18 mm · 453 g |