Better Together: A Model for Women and LGBTQ Equality in the Workplace

Much has been achieved in terms of human rights for women and people of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer (LGBTQ) community. However, human resources management (HRM) initiatives for gender equality in the workplace focus almost exclusively on white, heterosexual, cisgender women, l...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 10; p. 272
Main Authors García Johnson, Carolina Pía, Otto, Kathleen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 20.02.2019
Subjects
diversity
gender equality
gender management
heteronormativity
heterosexism
human resources
Psychology
diversity
heterosexism
LGBTQ
gender equality
intersectionality
heteronormativity
gender management
human resources
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Summary:Much has been achieved in terms of human rights for women and people of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer (LGBTQ) community. However, human resources management (HRM) initiatives for gender equality in the workplace focus almost exclusively on white, heterosexual, cisgender women, leaving the problems of other gender, and social minorities out of the analysis. This article develops an integrative model of gender equality in the workplace for HRM academics and practitioners. First, it analyzes relevant antecedents and consequences of gender-based discrimination and harassment (GBDH) in the workplace. Second, it incorporates the feminist, queer, and intersectional perspectives in the analysis. Third, it integrates literature findings about women and the LGBTQ at work, making the case for an inclusive HRM. The authors underscore the importance of industry-university collaboration and offer a starters' toolkit that includes suggestions for diagnosis, intervention, and applied research on GBDH. Finally, avenues for future research are identified to explore gendered practices that hinder the career development of women and the LGBTQ in the workplace.
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This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Reviewed by: Mercedes Alcañiz, University of Jaume I, Spain; Victor Eduardo Sojo, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Edited by: Eva Cifre, University of Jaume I, Spain
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00272