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Reclaiming the Past to Shape the Future: Examining Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in South Asia
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2024(1)
08/2024
DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.12346symposium
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Global shifts in the geopolitical, environmental, demographic, and technological landscape are introducing unprecedented levels of uncertainty into labor markets and employment relations. With the world waiting for answers, the onus is on management scholars to offer new theoretical approaches and evidence-based insights that might allow managers, policymakers, and labor leaders to more effectively and collaboratively meet the challenges presented (AOM, 2022). This global shift also demands that organizations and organizational scholars pay greater attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. Research on DEI practices has been conducted primarily on mono-cultural Western-oriented or “WEIRD” (i.e., Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, & Democratic; Henrich, 2021) countries (Nishi & ?zbilgin, 2007; Rad et al., 2018). However, legislative frameworks, political, societal, religious, and governance factors result in DEI practices that vary from country to country and differ considerably from the West (?zbilgin & Syed, 2010; Klarsfeld et al., 2022). Countries in the South Asian region—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—are multicultural developing economies that vary widely along various factors, including education, democracy, and degree of industrialization, among others. The South Asian region is also home to three (i.e., India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh) of the world's most- populated countries (Neufeld, 2021; Worldometer, 2023), and has become increasingly critical to the global economy (IMF, 2019). Yet, there is a dearth of research on DEI in South Asia (Saifuddin et al., 2022; Syed & Pio, 2013), which not only restricts our knowledge, but also hampers our field’s ability to provide guidance to organizations, governments, and other stakeholders on how to structure and implement effective DEI policies and programs.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Reclaiming the Past to Shape the Future: Examining Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in South Asia
- Creators
- Ravi Ramani - Morgan State UniversitySamina M. Saifuddin - Morgan State UniversityRana Haq - Laurentian UniversityIsis Olimpia Gutierrez Martinez - Universidad de las Américas PueblaSana Ahmed - University of ReadingAlina Spanuth - Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaKaushal Sapkota - University of OregonBiswash Chepang - King's College Kathmandu, NepalBhawana Shrestha - My Emotions MatterFaria Rashid - George Mason UniversityHyunji Yi - -Jahnavi Pandya - U. of IowaKun Wang - U. of IowaJiyoung Shin - U. of IowaKhushi Khan - University of DelhiSaba Rasheed Ali - U. of IowaSalma Akther - Louisiana State UniversityMUHAMMAD RUHUL Amin - Candid
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2024(1)
- DOI
- 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.12346symposium
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2024
- Academic Unit
- Education Administration; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984655460102771
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