Managing diversity in academic organizations: A challenge to organizational culture

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-288

  Barbosa, Íris ^a   Cabral Cardoso, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Organizational culture; Portugal; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250317734     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710754237     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Bajdo, L.M. and Dickson, M.W. (2001), "Perceptions of organizational culture and women's advancement in organizations: A cross-cultural examinationiris", Sex Roles, Vol. 45 Nos 5/6, pp. 399-414.
2. Becher, T. (1989), Academic Tribes and Territories: Intellectual Enquiry and the Cultural Disciplines, The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
3. Brickson, S. (2000), "The impact of identity orientation on individual and organizational outcomes in demographically diverse settings", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 82-101.
4. Carr-Ruffino, N. (1996), Managing Diversity: People Skills for a Multicultural Workplace, International Thomson Executive Press, London.
5. Carrington, W.J., McCue, K. and Pierce, B. (2000), "Using establishment size to measure the impact of title VII and affirmative action", Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 35 No. 3, pp. 503-23.
6. Chatman, J.A. and Flynn, F.J. (2001), "The influence of demographic heterogeneity on the emergence and consequences of cooperative norms in work teams", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 44 No. 5, pp. 956-74.
7. Clair, J.A., Beatty, J.E. and MacLean, T.L. (2005), "Out of sign but not out of mind", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 78-95.
8. Corbett, A. (2003), "Europe: A threat or an opportunity for national systems of higher education?", Society for Research into Higher Education, No. 53, pp. 1-5.
9. Cornelius, N., Gooch, L. and Todd, S. (2000), "Managers leading diversity for business excellence", Journal of General Management, Vol. 25 No. 3, pp. 67-78.
10. Cox, T. (1991), "The multicultural organization", Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 34-47.
11. Cox, T.H. and Blake, S. (1991), "Managing cultural diversity: implications for organizational competitiveness", Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 45-56.
12. Creamer, E.G. (2004), "Collaborators' attitudes about differences of opinion", Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 75 No. 5, pp. 556-71.
13. Dass, P. and Parker, B. (1996), "Diversity: A strategic issue", in Kossek, E.E. and Lobel, S.A. (Eds), Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace, Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, pp. 365-91.
14. Dickens, L. (1999), "Beyond the business case: A three-pronged approach to equality action", Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 9-19.
15. European Ministers of Education (1999), The European Higher Education Area: Joint Declaration of the European Ministers of Education Convened in Bologna on the 19th of June 1999, available at: www.bologna-berlin2003.de/pdf/bologna_declaration.pdf (accessed 15 December 2005).
16. Gersick, C.J.G., Bartunek, J.M. and Dutton, J. (2000), "Learning from academia: The importance of relationships in professional life", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 43 No. 6, pp. 1026-44.
17. Gilbert, J.A., Stead, B.A. and Ivancevich, J.M. (1999), "Diversity management: A new organizational paradigm", Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 61-76.
18. Granrose, C.S. (1997), "Cross-cultural socialization of Asian employees in US organizations", in Granrose, C.S. and Oskamp, S. (Eds), Cross-cultural Work Groups, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 186-211.
19. Groschl, S. and Doherty, L. (1999), "Diversity management in practice", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 11 No. 6, pp. 262-8.
20. Hatch, M.J. (1993), "The dynamics of organizational culture", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 657-93.
21. Hinings, C.R. and Greenwood, R. (1996), "Working together", in Frost, P.J. and Taylor, M.S. (Eds), Rhythms of Academic Life: Personal Accounts of Careers in Academia, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 225-37.
22. Hofstede, G. (1991), Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
23. Ivancevich, J.M. and Gilbert, J.A. (2000), "Diversity management: time for a new approach", Public Personnel Management, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 75-92.
24. Kossek, E.E. and Lobel, S.A. (1996), "Introduction: Transforming human resource systems to manage diversity - an introduction and orienting framework", in Kossek, E.E. and Lobel, S.A. (Eds), Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace, Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, pp. 1-19.
25. Kram, K.E. and Hall, D. (1996), "Mentoring in a context of diversity and turbulence", Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace, Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, pp. 108-36.
26. Liff, S. (1999), "Diversity and equal opportunities: Room for a constructive compromise?", Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 65-75.
27. Liff, S. and Wajcman, J. (1996), "Sameness and difference revisited: Which way forward for equal opportunity initiatives?", Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 79-94.
28. Louis, M.R. (1985), "An investigator's guide to workplace culture", in Frost, P.J., Moore, L.F., Louis, M.R., Lundberg, G.C. and Martin, J. (Eds), Organizational Culture, Sage, Beverly Hills, CA, pp. 73-93.
29. Marginson, S. (2000), "Rethinking academic work in the global era", Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 23-35.
30. Meek, V.L. (1992), "Organizational culture: Origins and weaknesses", in Salaman, G. (Ed.), Human Resource Strategies, Sage, London, pp. 192-212.
31. Miller, F.A. (1998), "Strategic culture change: The door to achieving high performance and inclusion", Public Personnel Management, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 151-60.
32. Milliken, F.J. and Martins, L.L. (1996), "Searching for common threads: Understanding the multiple effects of diversity in organizational groups", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 402-33.
33. O'Reilly, C.A., Chatman, J. and Caldwell, D.F. (1991), "People and organizational culture: A profile comparison approach to assessing person-organization fit", Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 487-516.
34. Prasad, P. and Mills, A.J. (1997), "From showcase to shadow: understanding the dilemmas of managing workplace diversity", in Prasad, P., Mills, A.J., Elmes, M. and Prasad, A. (Eds), Managing the Organizational Melting Pot: Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 3-27.
35. Quinlan, K.M. (1999), "Enhancing mentoring and networking of junior academic women: What, why, and how?", Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 31-42.
36. Quinn, R.E., O'Neill, R.M. and Debebe, G. (1996), "Confronting the tensions in an academic career", Rhythms of Academic Life: Personal Accounts of Careers in Academia, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 421-7.
37. Schapper, J.M. and Mayson, S.E. (2004), "Internationalisation of curricula: An alternative to the taylorisation of academic work", Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 189-205.
38. Schein, E.H. (1985), Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.
39. Thomas, R.R. (1990), "From affirmative action to affirming diversity", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 68 No. 2, pp. 107-17.
40. Thomas, D.A. and Ely, R.J. (1996), "Making differences matter: A new paradigm for managing diversity", Harvard Business Review, Vol. 74 No. 5, pp. 79-90.
41. Trice, H.M. and Beyer, J.M. (1993), The Cultures of Work Organizations, Prentice-Hall, London.
42. Wentling, R.M. and Palma-Rivas, N. (1998), "Current status and future trends of diversity initiatives in the workplace: Diversity experts' perspective", Human Resource Development Quarterly, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 235-53.