Day: August 24, 2009

Ingredients for a Workplace Diversity Gumbo

Topic: Diversity Publication: The International Journal of Human Resource Management Article: The challenge of increasing minority-group professional representation in the United States Author: E.H. Buttner, K.B. Lowe, L. Billings-Harris Featured By: Benjamin Granger Despite the heavy focus on diversity, women and racial minorities are still under-represented in a number of professions requiring advanced degrees (e.g., attorneys, accountants, and university professors are more likely to be white men). For this reason, Buttner and colleagues (2009) surveyed 143 business school deans in the

Home Sweet Home…At Work?

Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: British Journal of Management Article: Location, location, location: Does place of work really matter? Author: T. Redman, E. Snape, C. Ashurst Featured By: Benjamin Granger Flexplace refers to an organizational policy that allows employees to work from a physical location other than the actual workplace (Wouldn’t it be nice!). Many employees who utilize this option work from home and much research has been directed at uncovering the benefits and pitfalls of working from