1st Edition

DEI and Intersectional Social Identities at Work A Communication Approach

274 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

274 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

274 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This book equips readers—both students and communication practitioners—with the theoretical understanding and practical skills they need to support nonprofit and for-profit organizations to create and assess their diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and social identity intersectionality goals. Through applied examples of the insider activist role that the communication function plays, the book... Read more

Acknowledgments

Part I: Exploring publics and what makes them tick

1. DEI and social identity intersectionality in organizational communication

2. Factoring in globalization, (mis)trust, risk, and sociopolitical contexts

3. How intersectionality in social identity works . . . at work

Part II: Examining organizations and what motivates them

4. Power differentials in organizations and society

5. Social responsibility in corporations and nonprofits

6. Universality thinking about publics and its pitfalls

Part III: Advancing communication and positive organizational change processes

7. Social media as a tool and as a weapon

8. Future directions for developing competence as a DEI change manager