Prasad Co-edits Handbook of Workplace Diversity
Pushkala Prasad, Professor of Management and Business, is a co-editor of the Handbook of Workplace Diversity (Sage Publications Ltd., 2006).
The publisher calls the book a first-of-its-kind showcase of international perspectives
on a hotly contested subject.
The handbook is divided into three parts. The first (Chapters 1-7) covers major views
in the field and suggests how scholarly analysis can enrich the study of workplace
diversity. The second (Chapters 8-10) critiques quantitiative and qualitative research
methods. The third (Chapters 11-21) compares and contrasts a variety of workplace
groups and critiques the literature on the subject.
"One of the benefits of bringing the different genres of workplace diversity research
together into a single volume is that scholars are provided with the full array of
approaches available to bring to bear on any particular research question," the editors
conclude in the book's introduction. "If scholars find that research approaches within
familiar genres are overly limiting for achieving particular research aims, awareness
of other possibilities may provide alternative avenues of exploration."
"This understanding will allow us to develop a common language and body of knowledge
so that we can better support one another," they continue. "An appreciation for the
variety of forms of work in our field will better inform our research, teaching and
practice by ensuring that scholars in our field are more effectively educated in the
full range of the language of workplace diversity scholarship."
Prasad has been on the Skidmore faculty since 2000 and is the Zankel Professor of
Management for Liberal Arts Students. The other editors of the Handbook of Workplace Diversity are Alison M. Konrad, professor of organizational behavior at the University of Western
Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business, and Judith K. Pringle, professor of organizational
studies at Auckland University of Technology.
More at the publisher's Web site.
