Inclusion/Global Diversity

Dr. Ellen Ernst Kossek is an expert in managing new ways of working, work force diversity, multiculturalism, and international HRM toward enhancing  workplace inclusion across and within cultures and countries. She has taught managers from Portugal, Korea, Japan, the U.K., Spain, and  many other countries. She  was elected and served as  Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the National Academy of Management. She  is the 2008 recipient of the Sage Scholarship Award   in recognition of her contributions advancing research in many areas related to Gender and Diversity in Organizations. The award commended her you "for the rigor, breadth, depth and impact of her accumulated body of work."  She has edited a book on Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace . She was one of a several North American scholars who was invited to  participate in an international conference on global diversity in developing and developed countires that was sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy.  She has given keynote addresses on employer support of diversity and inclusion in Portugal,  Spain and the United Kingdom. She is currently working on a paper on cultural congruence and linkages to managerial career derailment within and across national and organizational cultural contexts. She also is developing a study abroad program for Masters students related to Talent Management and International HRM. Related publications are below.

Books

Kossek, E. E. & Lobel, S. 1996. (Eds.), Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace.. Oxford, England: Blackwell. Includes Field Guide (ISBN 1-57718-128-X) of original cases to accompany text.   Authored Book Chapters:

  • "Transforming human resource systems to manage diversity: An introduction and orienting framework" (Ellen Ernst Kossek & Sharon Lobel) pp. 1-19.
  • “Human resource strategies to support diversity in work and personal lifestyles: Beyond the "family friendly" organization" (Sharon Lobel & Ellen Ernst Kossek) pp. 221-244.
  • "Managing diversity as a vehicle for culture change: Confronting monocultural dominance at IBM"  (Ellen Ernst Kossek) In Field Guide, pp. 49-67.
  • "Adapting human resource systems to manage global diversity: The case of Amoco Production Company"  (Ellen Ernst Kossek) In Field Guide, pp. 24-44.

 

- Kossek, E. E. &  Block, R. N. (Eds.) 2000. Managing Human Resources in the 21st Century: From Core Concepts to Strategic Choice. Cincinnati: Ohio: Southwestern/ITT Publishing.

Diversity related Authored Book Chapters/Teaching Modules: Human resource issues in managing diversity, Nkomo, S.  & Kossek, E. E., pp. 9.1-9.22.

  • Support of work/life integration: Cultural issues facing the employer, Kossek, E. E., pp.11.1-11.22. (Includes Work Life Strategy Board Game)

Refereed Articles, Invited Chapters

Kossek, E.  and S. Pichler.  2006.  EEO and the Management of Diversity. In  Handbook of Human Resource Management. Oxford Press. P. Boxell, J. Purcell, & P.  Wright, Editors. pp. 251-272. 

 

Kossek, Ellen Ernst, Lobel, S., Brown, J. 2006. Human resource strategies to manage work force diversity: Examining “the business case,” In A. M. Konrad, P. Prasad, & J. K. Pringle (Eds.), Handbook of Workplace Diversity.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 53-74.

Roberts, K., Kossek, E. E., and Ozeki, C. 1998. Managing a global workforce: challenges, strategies & solutions. Academy of Management Executive, 12(4): 93-106. 

 Ryan, A. & Kossek, E. In Press. Work-Life Policy Implementation:  Breaking Down or Creating Barriers to Inclusiveness, Human Resource Management.

 Lirio, P. Lee, M., Williams, M. Haugen, M. & Kossek, E. 2008.  The Inclusion Challenge with Reduced-Load Professionals: The Role of the Manager . Human Resource Management.

 

 Block, R., Malin, M., Kossek, E.,, Holt, A. 2006.  The Legal and Administrative Context of Work and Family Policies in the U.S. Canada and the European Union. Managing the Work-Home Interface.  Routledge, (F. Jones, Burke, R., Westman, M., Editors. 

Belman, D. R. & Kossek, E.E.  2006.  Minority and Majority Truck owner-operators: Entrepreneur or galvanized employees?, In Human Resource Strategies for the High  Growth Entrepreneurial Firm.    J. Tanksy, & R. Heneman & J. Tanksy, Eds., operators:  Entrepreneur or galvanized employees."   Information Age Publishing, Inc. Greenwich, Connecticut, pp. 189-222. 

Kossek, E., Meece, D. R., Barratt, P,  Prince, E. 2005. U.S. Latino migrant farm workers:  Managing Aculturative stress and conserving work-family resources.”   In S. Poelmans (Ed.) pp. 47-70. International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Work and Family.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Press.

 

 

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