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Session Type: PDW WorkshopProgram Session: 184 | Submission: 11326 | Sponsor(s): (ODC, CMS)Scheduled: Friday, Aug 9 2019 2:00PM - 4:00PM at Boston Park Plaza in White Hill
Diversity and Precarious Work during Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link
Organizer: Elina Meliou, Aston Business School
Organizer: Joana Vassilopoulou, Brunel Business School
Speaker: Lucy Taksa, Macquarie U.
Speaker: Ram Mahalingam, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Speaker: Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel U.
Speaker: Patrizia Zanoni, U. Hasselt
Facilitator: Natalia Slutskaya, U. of Sussex
Facilitator: Tania Jain, U. of Oxford
Facilitator: Florence Villeseche, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Steven Vincent, U. of Leeds
Discussant: Dimitria Groutsis, U. Of Sydney
Facilitator: Angela Kornau, Helmut Schmidt U.
Facilitator: Lotte Holck, Copenhagen Business School
Facilitator: Ileana Steccolini, Newcastle U.
Facilitator: Helen Mussell, Cambridge U.
Facilitator: Kimberly Dillaby, Newcastle U.
Facilitator: Nour Nicole Dados, Macquarie U. |
| Research on the rise of precarious forms of employment has paid little attention to the diversity challenges. Yet, precarious work has deleterious effects for vulnerable demographics groups worldwide with women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, among others, to experience in and out of work poverty and to be affected considerably by precarious living. The PDW seeks to unpack this research and offer insights into the role of organizations in fostering inclusive change. Through a panel presentation and round table discussions the goal of the PDW is to develop a more nuanced understanding of the various contexts, experiences and consequences pertaining to the link between diversity and precarious work. It brings together international scholars in order to discuss ways to address the challenges faced and offer a way forward. Thus, we contribute to drawing an awareness of precarious work and diversity in organizations in a PDW designed to: (1) uncover and document the variety of issues facing vulnerable demographic groups in precarious forms of employment (2) promote greater scholarship on the link between diversity and precarious work during economic and social upheaval, and (3) develop a research program and agenda that sheds light into new and important aspects of diversity issues and precarious work. |
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Dr. Elina Meliou
Aston Business School
Email:
e.meliou@aston.ac.uk------------------------------