Tackling one-sidedness in equality and diversity research: Characteristics of the current dominant approach to managing diverse workgroups in Iran |
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Authors: | Ebrahim Soltani Jawad Syed Ying-Ying Liao Nasrollah Shahi-Sough |
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Institution: | (1) Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7PE, UK;(2) Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7PE, UK;(3) Islamic Azad University (Dehdasht branch), Dehdasht, Iran |
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Abstract: | The primary aim of this paper is to investigate whether equal opportunity and diversity pronouncements, both internally through
organizations’ own administrative policies or externally through imposed governmental legislations, benefit those who are
the main subject of such initiatives (i.e., employees). While a majority of current research on equality and diversity has
been dominated by writings on developed and specifically Western nations, this paper tackles such one-sidedness in previous
research and takes the current understanding further by providing employee perspectives on equality and diversity in employment
to encompass less developed nations with a particular focus on Iran. Using a qualitative research approach data were collected
from employees across two construction and manufacturing industries. Based on the analysis of the data, we found, first, shared
religious beliefs and language to be envisaged as playing a crucial part in establishing the ethnic minority workers’ affiliation
to a workgroup; second, the prospects for implementing declared equality and diversity polices to fade away as the employee
began to work; and third, the adoption of diversity and equality policies to be primarily driven by (1) the dire state of
the economy, and (2) the need for a mechanism to fit only the management priorities. |
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