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On Practicing Diversity: Organizational Worldmaking through Exploration, Experimentation, and Engagement [Kõva köide]

(University of St Gallen, Switzerland), (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 170 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, Not illustrated
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2025
  • Kirjastus: Bristol University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1529235529
  • ISBN-13: 9781529235524
  • Formaat: Hardback, 170 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, Not illustrated
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2025
  • Kirjastus: Bristol University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1529235529
  • ISBN-13: 9781529235524
How can diversity be practiced without reinforcing the very inequalities it aims to dismantle?



In this book, Maddy Janssens and Chris Steyaert address this pressing question by critically examining the assumptions behind current diversity initiatives and turning to critical practice theory and queer theory for novel insights. Through imaginative concepts, inspiring illustrations, and an integrative case study within the dance world, the authors articulate the conditions of possibility for a fresh, impactful alternative. This book advocates for a shift from individual efforts to collective practices, proposing a politics of organizational worldmaking oriented at multiplicity a practicing of diversity that aspires to transformative change into livable and just work lives.

Arvustused

'The book is innovative by going beyond a mere critical take on DEI. It shows how we can rethink DEI work beyond seeing it as an HR issue, by combining practice theory (well known to many organisation studies scholars) and queer theory (which is still emerging as a scholarly approach in MOS at large, including for DEI scholars), and developing novel research designs on that basis... The book is an erudite, thoughtful, reflexive, and compelling attempt to reframe the fundamentals of how we study, theorize, and practice building more desirable futures for everyone.' Organization Studies Finally, we have a book that allows us to see what is possible in institutionalizing organizational diversity by embracing insights from practice theory and queer theory. A must-read for scholars and organizations worldwide interested in creating transformative change towards equity and inclusion for all. Stella Nkomo, University of Pretoria









On Practicing Diversity performs a much-needed turn from individual capacities to organizational practices without losing touch with personal experience. Its passionate plea for knowing with feeling makes real change possible. Sara Louise Muhr, Copenhagen Business School

Introduction

1. Blockages of Practicing Diversity in an Inhospitable Organizational Space

2. Organizing Multiplicity through a Nexus of Practices

3. Performing the Multiplicitous Self through Queering Identity

4. Multiplicity, Attunement, and Organizational Worldmaking in Dance

Conclusion

Maddy Janssens is Professor in the Department of Work and Organisation Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium.



Chris Steyaert is Professor of Organizational Psychology at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.