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Leveraging Sexual Orientation Workforce Diversity through Identity Deployment

Leveraging Sexual Orientation Workforce Diversity through Identity Deployment

Apoorva Ghosh
ISBN13: 9781466618121|ISBN10: 1466618124|EISBN13: 9781466618138
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch024
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Ghosh, Apoorva. "Leveraging Sexual Orientation Workforce Diversity through Identity Deployment." Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts, edited by Chaunda L. Scott and Marilyn Y. Byrd, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 403-424. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch024

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Ghosh, A. (2012). Leveraging Sexual Orientation Workforce Diversity through Identity Deployment. In C. Scott & M. Byrd (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts (pp. 403-424). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch024

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Ghosh, Apoorva. "Leveraging Sexual Orientation Workforce Diversity through Identity Deployment." In Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts, edited by Chaunda L. Scott and Marilyn Y. Byrd, 403-424. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch024

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Abstract

Disclosure decisions for lesbian and gay employees have been researched in organizational contexts. While the dilemmas associated, factors affecting, and situations encouraging or discouraging disclosure have been studied, the relatively unexplored area is how homosexuality can be strategically deployed at workplace to contest the associated stigma and bring positive social and political changes in the organizational climate. While scholars believe that remaining closeted may be the best strategy in a heterosexist and homophobic environment, studies report psychological strain, lack of authenticity, behavioral dilemmas, etc. experienced by closeted individuals, which, at minimum, lead to conflicts in daily situations of identity management and, at the peak, suicidal attempts due to perceived burdensomeness and failed belongingness. To address this dilemma in leveraging sexual orientation diversity in workplaces, this chapter deals with the framework of identity deployment offered by Bernstein (1997) to explore how homosexuality can be deployed in the workplace.

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