Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 42 Issue 8

The impact of board-level female directors on firm performance: evidence from India

Rupjyoti Saha

This study investigates the impact of female directors on firms' financial performance by scrutinizing the different roles they are empowered to fulfill.

Social inclusion of disabled performers in the performing arts: a case from Türkiye

Ayse Collins, Ian Fillis, Zeynep Goknil Sanal

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding for the social inclusion of disabled performers in a developing country to create awareness and improve policies/practices.

Factors affecting team performance: An empirical study of Indian GenY and GenZ cohorts

Pratibha Maan, Dinesh Kumar Srivastava

The study intends to examine the generational differences between GenY and GenZ Indian generational cohorts on the study variables, i.e. core self-evaluations (CSE), team…

The use of self: the conscious or unconscious (sharing or) leaking of identity by LGBQ cisgender women youth workers in the North of England

Jean Hatton

This paper discusses how professionally qualified cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer (LGBQ) women youth workers present their self. The research examined how youth workers…

“Stop talking about gender:” Toward positive diversity and inclusion experience of female IT professionals in Poland

Monika Sońta

The purpose of this research is to explore the experiences regarding diversity and inclusion in the professional context. The stories of female IT professionals included the…

The making of a discriminatory ism

Ognjen Arandjelović

The millennia long struggles of various oppressed groups have over time illuminated widespread social injustices, organically leading to the recognition of yet further injustices…

Staff perceptions of patient inequalities in a UK secure mental healthcare setting

Elizabeth Bayo-Idowu, Sarrah Fatima, Kristina Brenisin, Aile Trumm, Paul Wallang, Kieran Breen

Inequalities can have a cumulative effect that leads to the presentation and subsequent progression of mental health difficulties. The detrimental effects can be compounded in the…

The influence of religious beliefs on the expectations of individual social class mobility

Xiaodong Chen, Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan

This paper examines the in-depth relationship between religious beliefs and individual social class mobility expectations in China.

“When the baby sleeps, I work” – neoliberal motherhood in Latin America during the Covid-19 lockdown

Mariana I. Paludi, Isabella Krysa, Marke Kivijärvi

This paper explores working mothers’ coping strategies concerning paid and unpaid work in Chile and Argentina during the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper aimed to understand the…

The sexual identity disclosure dilemma for lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees in the Indian workplace

Shiji Lyndon, Preeti S. Rawat, Ketan Bhardwaj, Ajinkya Navare

The purpose of this paper is to extend the theoretical understanding of the disclosure dilemma experienced by lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) employees. The study focuses on…

A comparative study on the perceptions of Dutch and British Muslim leadership regarding social-political challenges

Ertuğrul Gökçekuyu

This paper aims to analyze and compare attitudes and perceptions of Muslim leadership toward society and politics based on their personal experiences in England and the…

Against all odds: how the institutional context shapes diversity management in the Central and Eastern European Oil and Gas industry

Andreas M. Hilger, Emil Velinov, Mustafa F. Özbilgin

Due to their multifarious backgrounds, multinational enterprises from emerging economies offer unique research opportunities to push the boundaries of our understanding knowledge…

White DEI professionals' perception of their contribution to advancing workplace diversity, equity and inclusion: leveraging and decentering whiteness

Rebecca J. Evan, Stephanie Sisco, Crystal Saric Fashant, Neela Nandyal, Stacey Robbins

This research applies social identity theory (SIT) to examine how White diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals perceive their role and contributions to advancing…