1st Edition

Management Practices for Engaging a Diverse Workforce Tools to Enhance Workplace Culture

Edited By Manish Gupta Copyright 2020
376 Pages 6 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

376 Pages 6 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This unique volume shows how to tackle the challenges of diversity in the workplace. It addresses the need to keep the workforce engaged while taking into consideration the diverse backgrounds of employees. The book explores 12 themes of workforce diversity and culture, including differences of race, religion, gender, sexuality, income class, education level, marital status, generation/age,... Read more

1. Engaging an LGBT Workforce: Inclusion through Workplace Culture

Ruby Sengar et al.

2. Active Aging: Engaging the Aged

Ritu Gupta, Shruthi J Mayur, and Swati Hans

3. Engaging Diverse Races at Work

Arti Sharma and Rajesh Mokale

4. The Education Divide at Work

Neha Gangwar

5. Gen-Z, the Future Workforce: Confrontation of Expectations, Efforts, and Engagement

Sheema Tarab

6. Cross-Generational Engagement Strategies

Musarrat Shaheen and Farrah Zeba

7. Managing Married Employees

Anugamini P. Srivastava

8. Cross-Border Mergers: The Use of Employment Engagement Tools in Overcoming Challenges of Workforce Cultural Diversity

Shweta Lalwani

9. Engaging People with Physical Disability at Work

Anitha Acharya

10. Engaging Different Income Classes at Work

Anitha Acharya

11. Is Work Engagement Gender Oriented? A Man/Woman Perspective

Sindhu Ravindranath

12. Volunteering for Community: Learning and Challenges in Diversity

Trilok Kumar Jain

Biography



Manish Gupta, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of HR, IBS Hyderabad, a Constituent of IFHE, Deemed to be University, Telangana, India. He is an editorial team member of several journals, and he has edited special issues of several journals and is also a consulting editor of The HRM Review. He has co-authored the book Practical Applications of HR Analytics: A Step-by-Step Guide and has co-edited the book Qualitative Techniques for Workplace Data Analysis. He has conducted a workshop on academic writing and has presented papers at various conferences. His work has received media coverage in international magazines, newspapers, blogs, and news channels. He has published book chapters and over 30 research papers. He has recently won the AIMS International Outstanding Young Management Researcher Award 2019 and the Advances in Developing Human Resources best issue of 2018 award. He is a recipient of a Junior Research Fellowship and National Eligibility Test certificate awarded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India.