On Practicing Diversity

Organizational Worldmaking Through Exploration, Experimentation, and Engagement
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3552-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Janssens, Maddy

Steyaert, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.