How to Build LGBTQ+ Inclusive Workplaces

A Psychological Approach
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-78862-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 235 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Bringing together the latest research with practical insights from the authors’ professional experience, this important book provides a context for the conversations that are needed within organisations and offers practical guidance towards action that can be taken to improve the working life of LGBTQ+ employees.

The book begins by asking how we got here. It outlines the development of stigma towards the LGBTQ+ community from both a historical and psychological perspective before going on to explore the ways in which societal attitudes manifest in the work environment. It then looks specifically at LGBTQ+ experiences in the workplace, covering discrimination and exclusion and their impact at both an individual and organisational level before taking an intersectional view of LGBTQ+ identity, and particularly how it interacts with race, disability and age. The book then provides clear and practical guidance on how to build an LGBTQ+ inclusive workplace, covering organisational policy and culture, leadership and allyship. Throughout, the authors use case studies to demonstrate how to implement policies across a range of regions and offer strategies to minimise homophobic and discriminatory attitudes.

Taking a psychological approach to this important topic, the book is essential reading for all those looking to build and sustain welcoming and inclusive workplaces across all sectors. It will also be of interest to students in psychology, management and human resources studying workplace attitudes and culture.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Ashley

Kandola, Binna

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  Part 1: How We Got Here  2. The Long, Dark Journey from Acceptance to Exclusion  3. Love, Law and the Couch  Part 2: LGBTQ+ in the Workplace  4. Stereotypes and Stigma at Work  5. Discrimination and Exclusion at Work  6. The Impact of Exclusion  7. The Venn Diagrams of LGBTQ+ Intersectionality: Disability, Race and Age  Part 3: Building and LGBTQ+ Inclusive Workplace  8. The Evolving Workplace  9. Organisational Actions to be LGBTQ+ Inclusive

Über Autor(innen)

Binna Kandola is a co-founder and senior partner at Pearn Kandola, a practice of business psychologists. He is a visiting professor at Leeds University Business School, UK, and has spent over 40 years researching diversity, inclusion and bias in the workplace. As a practitioner, he has worked with some of the world’s leading organisations, including American Express, Microsoft, NATO and the World Bank. He has been on the Asian Power List for the last five years.

Ashley Williams is a business psychologist who specialises in LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion within organisations. Ashley’s PhD research explored the impact of stereotypes on the career experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals. During this time, she attended international research summer schools and presented her research at conferences in the UK and across Europe. At Pearn Kandola, Ashley works closely with organisations to support them in developing strategy regarding LGBTQ+ inclusion and designs and delivers training initiatives to help raise awareness of this topic and the role of allies.