Sexual identity on the job : issues and services / Alan L. Ellis, Ellen D.B. Riggle, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellis, Alan, 1957-

Riggle, Ellen D. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Employment--United States.

Gay people.

Lesbians--Employment--United States.

Lesbians.

Bisexual people--Employment--United States.

Bisexual people.

Sex discrimination in employment--United States.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Gender identity--United States.

Gender identity.

LGBTQ+ people in the workplace.

LGBTQ+ employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sexual Identity on the Job provides academics and practitioners with a solid resource for addressing sexual identity concerns and issues in the workplace. It offers corporate trainers, managers, and policymakers suggestions for creating a positive psychological environment of inclusion for all workers through policies of nondiscrimination, the availability of domestic partner benefits, and solid efforts to eliminate on-the-job discrimination toward lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals. It educates social service providers about company actions of which they need to know in or

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Sexual Identity Issues in the Workplace: Past and Present; The Earliest Studies: Personal Accounts and Reports of Discrimination; Coming Out in the Workplace; Career Decisions and Development; Attitudes Towards Gaysand Lesbians in the Workplace; Specific Occupations/Cases; Policy Issues and Domestic Partner Benefits; Consulting on Sexual Identity Issues in the Workplace; AIDS in the Workplace; Social Psychological Issues and Conclusion; Notes; References

Multicultural Existence in the Workplace: Including How I Thrive as a Latina Lesbian FeministSpecial Challenges in the Workplace; Advancement Concerns; Safety Issues and Survival Strategies; Notes; References; Employment and Sexual Orientation: Disclosure and Discrimination in the Workplace; Introduction; Current Legal Situation; Conceptual Framework; Implications for Researchers and Workplace Professionals; Notes; References; Domestic Partner Benefits: A Bottom Line Discussion; Introduction; A Brief History; Organizational Attitudes; Change in the Workplace; Family Definitions

Workplace Policies and BenefitsBenefits; Overcoming Objections to Domestic Partner Benefits; Insurance Companies and Plans; Pension Plans and Taxation; Non-DiscriminationPolicies; Management and Consultants; Employees and Coworkers; Conclusion; References; The Impact of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Workplace Issues on Productivity; Inclusion in the Workplace; Hiding in the Workplace; Homophobia in Society andIts Impact on Productivity; Sexual Orientation and Workplace Performance; Employee Responsibility; References; Gay and Lesbian Career Counseling: Special Career Counseling Issues

Research on Gay and Lesbian Career DevelopmentCareer Counseling Issues; Special CareerInformation; Counselor Bias; Special Developmental Issues; ""Coming Out""; Discrimination; Occupational Stereotypes and Networking; Psychological Testing; Couples and OtherFamily Issues; Advocatingfor Gay and Lesbian Clients; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

"Sexual Identity on the Job: Issues and Services has also been published as Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, Volume 4, Number 4 1996"--T.p. verso.

First published by the Haworth Press in 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 21, 2014).

ISBN:

1-56023-076-2

1-315-80105-1

1-317-76438-2

1-317-76439-0

9781315801056

OCLC:

872682781