International Journal of Manpower: Volume 17 Issue 4/5

Managing workforce diversity for competitiveness The Canadian experience

Harish C. Jain, Anil Verma

Addresses the two important trends of the 1990s: workforce diversity and growing competitive challenge as a result of globalization. Considers the social, economic and political…

Employment equity, affirmative action and managing diversity: assessing the differences

Carol Agócs, Catherine Burr

Affirmative action in the USA, and employment equity in Canada, are policy frameworks that have developed through the use of legislation, regulation and decisions by courts and…

Managing workforce diversity: a critique and example from South Africa

Linda Human

Managing diversity, multiculturalism, affirmative action and equal employment opportunity are words in common currency in a newly democratic South Africa as they are in most…

Impact of culture on performance management in developing countries

Manuel Mendonca, Rabindra N. Kanungo

Argues that performance management techniques and practices developed in US organizations cannot be successful in the developing country context to gain competitive advantage…

Sources of diversity and the challenge before human resource management in India

C.S. Venkata Ratnam, V. Chandra

Analyses the magnitude and complexity of the challenge of diversity in managing people in the Indian workplace. Considers the challenges for human resource management in the…

From equal employment opportunity to diversity management: The Australian experience

Julian Teicher, Katie Spearitt

Examines the range and changing nature of the initiatives implemented by Australian governments under the rubric of equal opportunity. Reviews the character and trends in the…

Human resource development and managing diversity in South Africa

Frank M. Horwitz, Angus Bowmaker‐Falconer, Peter Searll

Discusses structural and labour market issues associated with the processes of employment equity and diversity management in South African organizations. Argues that effective…

Diversity issues in South‐East Asia: the case of Thailand

John J. Lawler

Provides an overview of labour‐market diversity issues in Thailand. Examines factors such as religion, ethnicity and gender in the context of Thailand’s rapidly expanding economy…

Managing workforce diversity: macro and micro level HR implications of network analysis

Karen Stephenson, David Lewin

Public policy which controls and seeks to correct employment discrimination is now in its fourth decade in the USA. Organizations have made strides in complying with such policies…