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2026
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Elshaddai Imanuela Maria Kountul, Sugeng Santoso Pn
Policy Transformation of Reasonable Accommodation as a Discrimination Prevention Instrument for Persons with Disabilities in the Workplace
This study examines the transformation of reasonable accommodation policies as an instrument to prevent workplace discrimination against persons with disabilities in Indonesia. The research is grounded in the constitutional guarantee of equality and Indonesia’s commitment to the Convention on the...
2026
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C. В. Козловський, В. В. Чеботок
Ризик-менеджмент як стратегія управління економічною діяльністю підприємства
The article examines risk management as a strategic foundation for managing the economic activity of an enterprise under conditions of wartime instability, macroeconomic turbulence, and digital transformation. The relevance of the topic is driven by the growing level of environmental...
2026
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Marcela Correa-Betancour, Kanchan Marcus, Mary Chiarella, Stephanie Short
Intra-professional cultural competence: Exploring a strategy to support Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse nursing workforce
Objective: The objective of this study is to provide a possible strategy to enhance professional integration through education relating to a new concept: Intra-Professional Cultural Competence (IPCC). This concept primarily focuses on the interactions between nurses within the workplace. Background:...
2025
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Venus Ginés, Joanna Rodriguez, Diana Lobaina, Lea Sacca, María Torres, Maria C. Mejia de Grubb
Generational perspectives and advocacy barriers among community health workers: implications for public health workforce leadership
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in the public health workforce, particularly within underserved communities where they enhance access to healthcare, address social determinants of health, and advocate for health-related policy changes. This Perspective examines how age and...
2025
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Samuel Mesfin, Tsion Hiwot, Nanati Jemal Aliye, Elham Yimam, Selmy Awad
Equity in the cardiothoracic surgical workforce: addressing training gaps and workforce distribution in Africa– a narrative review
Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) remains one of the least diverse surgical specialties, marked by significant gender and racial disparities. Despite increased medical school enrollment and the inclusion of more women and underrepresented minorities in the medical workforce, the number of locally...
2024
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Doreen Mucheru, Éilish McAuliffe, Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale, Brynne Gilmore
A rapid realist review on leadership and career advancement interventions for women in healthcare
Women represent 70% of the global health workforce but only occupy 25% of health and social care leadership positions. Gender-based stereotypes, discrimination, family responsibilities, and self-perceived deficiencies in efficacy and confidence inhibit the seniority and leadership of women. The leadership...
2024
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S. Sri Gugan, J. Jerom Stuward, A. Subhashini
The Role of Women in Economic Development
Women’s participation in economic development has emerged as a critical area of study and action in recent decades. The multifaceted role of women in driving economic growth, the historical context, theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and policy interventions surrounding this issue....
2024
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Minh Hoang Dang
Gender Equality in Vietnam Labour Law: A Critique Toward Sustainable Development
Labor law is traditionally viewed as a crucial mechanism for advancing gender equality in the workplace by providing a framework to eliminate sex-based discrimination and enhance women’s participation in the workforce. As nations strive to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development...
2024
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Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, Paulo Reis-Pina
Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations. OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aimed to systematically examine the literature...
2022
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Reward Utete
Examining the relationship between employment equity implementation and employee performance at workplace: Evidence from a leading organisation in South Africa
Employment equity has continued to occupy a centre stage in the field of human resource management in the current and forthcoming decades in various countries worldwide. It plays a critical role in promoting the elimination of unfair discrimination and consideration...
2022
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Adam Poulsen
Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence
Discrimination and bias are inherent problems of manyAI applications, as seen in, for instance, face recognition systems not recognizing dark-skinned women and content moderator tools silencing drag queens online. These outcomes may derive from limited datasets that do not fully...
2022
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Preeti S. Chauhan, Nir Kshetri
The Role of Data and Artificial Intelligence in Driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The year 2020 changed the world landscape in ways more than ever before. One of the differences that came about was the increased push to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the workplace and in society at large. Data...
2021
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published by Human Resource Management International Digest
Stereotypes, stigma and support: Positive and negative experiences of gender diversity in the workplace
Stigma and discrimination in the workplace can take place against several different disadvantaged social groups. Predominantly it is found against women and racial groups. However, it can also take place against age, religion, disability and sexuality. One social group which...
2021
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Darlene Rotumah and Elizabeth Rix
BlackLivesMatter in Healthcare: Racism and Implications for Health Inequity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia
Despite decades of evidence showing that institutional and interpersonal racism serve as significant barriers to accessible healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, attempts to address this systemic problem still fall short. The social determinants of health are particularly...
2021
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Joshua Hollands
Work and Sexuality in the Sunbelt: Homophobic Workplace Discrimination in the U.S. South and Southwest, 1970 to the Present
In 2016, PayPal, a multinational financial services company canceled an expansion into North Carolina worth millions of dollars and with hundreds of jobs. The cancellation was in response to the state legislature’s passage of a transphobic law. The Public and...
2021
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Jojanneke van der Toorn ; Gaitho, Waruguru
LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion: A global issue requiring a transdisciplinary and intersectional approach
Scholarly interest in the workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) employees has increased over the past decades (Velez, Adames, Lei, & Kerman, 2021; Byington, Tamm, & Trau, 2021). The research demonstrates the particular challenges that...
2021
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Bernadette Baum
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION POLICIES: ARE ORGANIZATIONS TRULY COMMITTED TO A WORKPLACE CULTURE SHIFT?
This paper proceeds from the premise that true change can only be realized after first coming to terms with harsh realities. The murder of George Floyd in 2020 sent shock waves throughout our collective conscience resulting in a racial reckoning...
2021
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Murray, Teri A. ; Loyd, Vanessa
Advancing Racial Justice and Diversity Through Equity and Inclusion
What better time than now for academic nursing to look critically and intentionally at how the profession addresses racism? The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2021) announced a call for immediate action earlier this...
2021
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Michelle T. Violanti
Addressing Workplace Bullying Behaviors Through Responsible Leadership Theory: Essential Skills for Strategic Communicators
The purpose of this chapter is to argue why a responsible leadership (RL) approach advances the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts of organizations and their members in ways that reduce or eradicate bullying behaviors that can thwart DEI authenticity....
2021
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Jeremy W. Bohonos, Stephanie Sisco
Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti-racist learning organizations
Amidst ongoing racist violence in the United States, this article will recognize workplace-based efforts to act against racially motivated discrimination targeted at the Black community. More specifically, this article will examine anti-racist initiatives in the workplace by connecting these efforts...