12 Lenses into Diversity in South Africa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daya, Preeya.

Contributor:

April, Kurt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Randburg : Knowledge Resources, 2021.

Summary:

Drawing on the insights of numerous academic leaders, 12 Lenses into Diversity in South Africa will help you facilitate constructive and open discussions around important issues, such as:* The narratives of racism in South Africa.* Critical reflections on privilege and complicity in South Africa.* Employment equity legislation: A review of progress between 1999 and 2020.* Gender identity and transformation in South Africa: Past, present and future.* Gender inequality at work.* Responding to gender-based violence in South Africa: Lessons from higher education.* Diversity in the workplace through a generational lens.* Inclusive solutions to mental health challenges: Creative resistance from the margins.* Ubuntu ethics and human rights: Implications for rehabilitation practices in indigenous African families of persons with disabilities (PWDs).* Religious diversity and social cohesion: The importance of mediated inter-group contact in the workplace in South Africa.12 Lenses into Diversity in South Africa calls for responsible inclusion from all - individually and organisationally, by ordinary citizens as well as those in positions of power. In harnessing the best of our African, Western heritage and Eastern heritage, we can create a brighter future for all who live and work in South Africa.CONTRIBUTORS:Professor Melissa Steyn, founding director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS); Kudzaiishe Vanyoro, Media and Liaison Officer at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS); Professor Stella Nkomo, Department of HRM, University of Pretoria; Professor Nasima Carrim, Professor, University of Pretoria; Professor Anita Bosch, Professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School; Dr. Claire Kelly, Acting Head of Transformation at Stellenbosch University; Professor Linda Ronnie, Professor, Organisational Behaviour and People Management, School of Management Studies, University of Cape Town; Cal Volks, Infertility and reproductive health counsellor at the Victorian Assisted Treatment Authority in Melbourne; Gabriel Khan, stream leader for inclusivity capacity building, Office for Inclusivity & Change, University of Cape Town; Dr. Sianne Alves, Director, Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC), University of Cape Town; Professor Gubela Mji, Director and Professor, Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Global Health Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University; Dr. Chioma Ohajunwa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University; Professor Dion Forster, Associate & Professor and Director of the Beyers Naude Centre for Public Theology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Title Page 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Chapter 1: DIVERSITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: LOCATING THE DISCUSSION

INTRODUCTION

What does this have to do with diversity?

What is diversity about, really?

Is South Africa unique?

Is equality a dream? Where do we start?

What is this book about?

Introducing the chapters in this book

Chapter 2: THE NARRATIVES OF RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

DEFINING RACE AND RACISM INCONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA

THE NARRATIVES OF RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

RACE RECONCILIATION AND RACE REPARATIONS

EUROCENTRIC KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION TO DECOLONISATION

FORMS OF AGGRESSION TO MICROAGGRESSIONS

ATYPICALITY - THE OUTWORKING OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RACISM

CONCLUSION

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Chapter 3: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON PRIVILEGE AND COMPLICITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

How neoliberalism maintains privilege and exacerbates poverty

Complicity and privileged irresponsibility as sustaining powersystems

The nuances of privilege: Intersectionality, kyriarchy and the abyssal line

Proximity to privilege scale

Chapter 4: EMPLOYMENT EQUITY LEGISLATION: A REVIEW OF PROGRESS BETWEEN 1999 AND 2020

Understanding numerical progress (2001-2020)

BARRIERS TO IMPROVEMENT

Chapter 5: GENDER IDENTITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

THE CONCEPT OF GENDER

Gender identity and women

Gender transformation in the post-Apartheid era

Chapter 6: GENDER INEQUALITY AT WORK

Conceptual clarification

What is the status of workplace gender equality in South Africa?.

Do we have enough qualified women to achieve parity in numbers?

Is there really a pay gap between women and men?

Why is care negatively regarded by some employers?

Can women be leaders in African culture?

Should a woman marry if she is serious about her career?

How will we know if we've achieved gender equality at work?

Chapter 7: RESPONDING TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTHAFRICA: LESSONS FROM HIGHER EDUCATION

GBV IN SOUTH AFRICA

South African legislative framework and gaps

Gaps in the response to GBV

A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING GBV

Rape culture

GBV IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Contextualisation

Lessons from higher education

Chapter 8: DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE THROUGH A GENERATIONAL LENS

Generations in the South African context

The South African work environment

Recruitment and retention across generations

Managing the multi-generational mix

What's next for the South African workplace?

Chapter 9: INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES: CREATIVE RESISTANCE FROM THE MARGINS

Case Study One: The Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB)

Case Study Two: Intergenerational trauma

Discussion

Recommendations for inclusive practices

Reflections on results

Chapter 10: UBUNTU ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION PRACTICES IN INDIGENOUS AFRICAN FAMILIES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWDS)

Conceptual framework and literature review

THE HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH

The African indigenous worldview and disability

The study setting

Case study of Noluthando Home for Children with Disabilities

KEY TAKEAWAYS.

Chapter 11: RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL COHESION - THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDIATED INTER-GROUP CONTACT IN THE WORKPLACE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Case study - The complexities of religious diversity in South Africa

The role of religion in (South) African public life

Religion and existential security in (South) Africa

Why religion is an important consideration in diversity and inclusion in South Africa

Religion and social identity, and values

Intergroup contact theory and religious diversity and inclusion

Chapter 12: CONSOLIDATION: CONNECTING THE DOTS IN A DIVERSE SOUTH AFRICA

REFERENCES

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

INDEX

BACK COVER.

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ISBN:

9781869228866

1869228863

OCLC:

1247664456