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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453537803321

Titolo

Sexual identity on the job : issues and services / / Alan L. Ellis, Ellen D.B. Riggle, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-56023-076-2

1-315-80105-1

1-317-76438-2

1-317-76439-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EllisAlan <1957->

RiggleEllen D. B

Disciplina

331.5

Soggetti

Gays - Employment - United States

Lesbians - Employment - United States

Bisexuals - Employment - United States

Sex discrimination in employment - United States

Gender identity - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sexual Identity on the Job: Issues and Services has also been published as Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, Volume 4, Number 4 1996"--T.p. verso.

First published by the Haworth Press in 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Sexual Identity Issues in the Workplace: Past and Present; The Earliest Studies: Personal Accounts and Reports of Discrimination; Coming Out in the Workplace; Career Decisions and Development; Attitudes Towards Gaysand Lesbians in the Workplace; Specific Occupations/Cases; Policy Issues and Domestic Partner Benefits; Consulting on Sexual Identity Issues in the Workplace; AIDS in the Workplace; Social Psychological Issues and Conclusion; Notes; References

Multicultural Existence in the Workplace: Including How I Thrive as a Latina Lesbian FeministSpecial Challenges in the Workplace;



Advancement Concerns; Safety Issues and Survival Strategies; Notes; References; Employment and Sexual Orientation: Disclosure and Discrimination in the Workplace; Introduction; Current Legal Situation; Conceptual Framework; Implications for Researchers and Workplace Professionals; Notes; References; Domestic Partner Benefits: A Bottom Line Discussion; Introduction; A Brief History; Organizational Attitudes; Change in the Workplace; Family Definitions

Workplace Policies and BenefitsBenefits; Overcoming Objections to Domestic Partner Benefits; Insurance Companies and Plans; Pension Plans and Taxation; Non-DiscriminationPolicies; Management and Consultants; Employees and Coworkers; Conclusion; References; The Impact of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Workplace Issues on Productivity; Inclusion in the Workplace; Hiding in the Workplace; Homophobia in Society andIts Impact on Productivity; Sexual Orientation and Workplace Performance; Employee Responsibility; References; Gay and Lesbian Career Counseling: Special Career Counseling Issues

Research on Gay and Lesbian Career DevelopmentCareer Counseling Issues; Special CareerInformation; Counselor Bias; Special Developmental Issues; ""Coming Out""; Discrimination; Occupational Stereotypes and Networking; Psychological Testing; Couples and OtherFamily Issues; Advocatingfor Gay and Lesbian Clients; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 or