Overview
- Expands on a new concept which values employee diversity and its role in realizing company goals
- Offers tools and knowledge for organizational leaders to better understand and capitalize on their employees’ strong points
- Recognizes the importance of intellectual, cultural, and emotional intelligence in developing a fully diverse organization
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This book analyzes the emerging concept of diversity intelligence, which values the differences in employees without attempting to make everyone alike. Organization leaders need diversity intelligence to better interact with the changing demographics in America and the global economy, by embracing differences as strengths rather than weaknesses. Without a clear understanding of diversity, leaders are not fully equipped to realize organizational goals through all employees.
The author highlights the importance of integrating diversity intelligence into leadership and career development plans alongside intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence. In order to fully motivate diverse individuals, leaders must first be able to recognize differences between themselves and others without it being an obstacle to performance. This book is a window into how leaders can reflect on their actions and behaviors to effectively implement new strategies, and is an essential read for HR researchers, professionals, consultants, and managers of global operating companies.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Back Matter
Reviews
“The book, Diversity Intelligence: Integrating Diversity Intelligence … was an enjoyable read. … I strongly believe that this book may be a very handy tool for diversity trainers, HR managers and OD practitioners in designing diversity training programs. It may also be used as a training material in diversity training programs. … This book can also be used as a textbook in the diversity management courses designed for MBA or other equivalent graduate/post-graduate programs.” (Satish Pandey, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 42 (5-6), 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Claretha Hughes is Professor at the University of Arkansas, USA. She has over 27 years of diverse management, supervisory, and administrative experience in organizational and workforce development. She is a member of Association for Talent Development and has published articles in Human Resource Development Review, Advances in Developing Human Resources, Workforce Education Forum, and New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Her book Valuing People and Technology in the Workplace: A Competitive Advantage Framework won the R. Wayne Pace Book of the Year award in 2012. She has a PhD from Virginia Tech, USA and her MBA is from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diversity Intelligence
Book Subtitle: Integrating Diversity Intelligence alongside Intellectual, Emotional, and Cultural Intelligence for Leadership and Career Development
Authors: Claretha Hughes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52683-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-70754-6Published: 16 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52683-0Published: 23 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 126
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Resource Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Emotion