Hispanic and Latin Americans in the workplace / guest editors, Dr. Donna Blancero, Professor Miguel R. Olivas-Luján and Dr. Dianna L. Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blancero, Donna, editor.

Olivas-Lujan, Miguel R., editor.

Stone, Dianna L., editor.

Series:

Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 29, Issue 6

Journal of Managerial Psychology, 0268-3946 ; Volume 29, Issue 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bradford, [England] : Emerald Insight, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latinas and Latinos (also referred to as Hispanics) are individuals indigenous to the Americas, but trace their heritage to Latin America or Spain (Marin and Marin, 1991). Their economic importance in the Americas and the world is growing extensively.Despite the growth of businesses in Latin American and the increased numbers of Hispanics in U.S. organizations, relatively little research in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, or Human Resource Management examines their behavior in organizations (Blancero et al., 2007; Gallegos and Ferdman, 2007; Knouse et al., 19

Contents:

Cover; Editorial boards; Editorial; Research on Hispanics benefits the field of management; Perceptions and behaviors of Hispanic workers: a review; Estan hablando de mı ́?: Challenges for multilingual organizations; Latino Alzheimer's caregivers: what is important to them?; Factors relating to wellbeing of foreign-born Hispanic workers; Work-family conflict and synergy among Hispanics; Cross-cultural correlates of career and parental role commitment; Individual factors affecting entrepreneurship in Hispanics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 19, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78441-400-X