Marilyn Y. Byrd is an associate professor of Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, where she teaches diversity and social justice in organizations, organizational behaviour, and human resources management. She is a faculty sponsor for the Student Society of Human Relations, a departmental student organization that advocates for social justice.

Chaunda L. Scott is professor of Human Resource Development and Graduate Coordinator of the Human Diversity Inclusion and Social Justice Graduate Certificate Program in the Department of Organizational Leadership in Oakland University's School of Education and Human Services, located in Rochester, Michigan, USA. She teaches workforce diversity and human resource development courses and advises on diversity-focused dissertations.

Contents

1 Historical Perspectives for Studying Diversity in the Workforce Chaunda L. Scott

2 Suggested Theories, Models, and Frameworks Used to Address Emerging Diversity Issues in the Workforce Chaunda L. Scott

3. An Inclusive Organizational Culture for a Diverse Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd

4. Race and Diversity in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd

5. Gender and Diversity in the Workforce Brenda Lloyd Jones, Lisa Bass, Gaetane St Marie, and Marilyn Y. Byrd

6. Ethnicity and Diversity in the Workforce Chaunda L. Scott and Terrance R. McClain

7. Developing Human Resource Development Competencies to Manage Sexual Orientation and Transgender Diversity Issues in the Workforce Michael P. Chaney and. Lisa Hawley

8. Social Class and Diversity in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd, Jose Martinez, and Chaunda L. Scott

9. Spirituality and Diversity in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd

10. Generational Differences in the Workforce Brenda Lloyd-Jones, Jody A. Worley, and Marilyn Y. Byrd

11. Language Discrimination, Linguistic Profiling, and Inclusion in the Workforce

Marilyn Y. Byrd

12. Appearance Discrimination in the Workforce Cynthia Sims and Marilyn Y. Byrd

13. Visible and Invisible Disabilities in the Workforce: Exclusion and Discrimination

Chaunda L. Scott and Marilyn Y. Byrd

14. The 'New' Modern Racism in the Workplace: The Persistence of Historical Racist Practices and Racial Injustice Marilyn Y. Byrd and Chaunda L. Scott

15. Underrepresentation of Diversity in the Scientific, Technical and Film Workforce

Chaunda L. Scott

16. Social Identity Diversity and Leadership in the Workforce Marilyn Y. Byrd

17. Re-Conceptualizing and Re-Visioning Diversity in the Workforce: Toward a Social Justice Paradigm Marilyn Y. Byrd