Organizing Inclusion

Moving Diversity from Demographics to Communication Processes

Marya L Doerfel editor Jennifer L Gibbs editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:29th Aug '22

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Organizing Inclusion brings communication experts together to examine issues of inclusion and exclusion, which have emerged as a major challenge as both society and the workforce become more diverse.

Connecting communication theories to diversity and inclusion, and clarifying that inclusion is about the communication processes of organizations, institutions, and communities, the book explores how communication as an organizing phenomenon underlies systemic and institutionalized biases and generates practices that privilege certain groups while excluding or marginalizing others. Bringinga global perspective that transcends particular problems faced by Western cultures, the contributors address issues across sub-disciplines of communication studies, ranging from social and environmental activism to problems of race, gender, sexual orientation, age and ability. With these various perspectives, the chapters go beyond demographic diversity by addressing interaction and structural processes that can be used to promote inclusion. Using these multiple theoretical frameworks, Organizing Inclusion is an intellectual resource for improving theoretical understanding and practical applications that come with ever more diverse people working, coordinating, and engaging one another.

The book will be of great relevance to organizational stakeholders, human resource personnel and policy makers, as well as to scholars and students working in the fields of communication, management, and organization studies.

'This edited volume gathers leading thinkers in communication who are dedicated to being, thinking, and doing what’s right…namely, getting on with the project of realizing a more just and inclusive future for modern organizations and societies.' -Ryan S. Bisel, University of Oklahoma, USA

ISBN: 9781032400082

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 426g

318 pages