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 order to effectively support their gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgenderedclients.As a compilation of scholarly
and applied perspectives, Sexual Identity on the Job covers such
topics as multicultural identity (multiple identities) development;
legal and policy issues of employment; career development issues
for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender persons; and how
inclusion improves productivity among all groups. By including both
perspectives, this unique volume offers both academics and
practitioners a broader knowledge of the field and relevant issues,
and possible solutions for sexual identity concerns and questions
in the workplace.Chapters in Sexual Identity on the Job address a
diverse set of issues relating to ways in which those concerned
about the psychological well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgender workers can address their needs while recognizing their
desire to lead productive, fulfilling lives. The contributors, in
promoting workplaces that offer all workers inclusion, safety, and
a place to thrive psychologically and emotionally, cover such
topics as: gay, lesbian, and bisexual career development and
counseling issues managing multiple identities (race, gender,
sexual orientation) in the workplace current trends in economic
discrimination toward lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals and relevant
legal concerns domestic partner benefits the relationship between
inclusion and productivitySexual Identity on the Job chronicles the
development of research, specific concerns which have been
addressed, and where current research leaves this situation. It
also provides some interpretation of the past and current research
and its implications for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and
transgender workers and their co-workers. It betters relationships
among gay and straight workers, administration, and management by
promoting equal and fair treatment, in regard to both legal and
policy issues and in interpersonal relationships, to all employees.
Corporate trainers of all levels, academic researchers, career and
other counselors, and the general public will find its pages filled
with applicable and helpful information.
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