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The latest issue of The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations includes:

• The Relationship between Schools’ Feeding Programmes and Learning Achievement: A Study of Boarding Secondary Schools in Nigeria by Roseline Emeh Uyanga.
• The Ethnography of a Turkish Wedding: Symbolic Interaction, Ritualistic Ceremonies and Secularism by Michael W. Smith.
• Participatory Action Research in Cultural Heritage Management for Indigenous Cultural Heritage: The Gabbie Kylie Foundation, Esperance, Western Australia by David R. Guilfoyle, Andrew M Guilfoyle and Doc Reynolds.
• Open Societies? Connections between Women’s Activism, Globalization and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe by Katalin Fábián.
• Different Horizons: Food Miles and First Nations in the Minnesota North Country by Mark Lawrence.

Congratulations to Uduak Archibong, Jite Eferakorho, Aliya Darr, Andy Scally, Karl Atkin,Carol Baxter, Mark R. D. Johnson, Mark Bell, Lisa Waddington, Katrin Wladasch, Tara Bedard, Oluyinka Adejumo, Phyllis Sharps and Pat Bradshaw, the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the area of diversity in organisations, communities and nations for their paper Perceptions of the Impact of Positive Action in EU and non-EU Countries

Abstract: Around the world, inequalities exist around boundaries of race, social class, gender, disability, religious beliefs and sexual orientation, often resulting from past and current discriminatory practices. Governments have taken certain measures, including enacting policies such as positive action, to remedy such discrimination. This paper provides a comparative analysis of perceptions of the impact of positive action in seven EU and three non-EU countries. The study adopted participatory methods including consensus workshops, interviews and policy analysis to obtain data from designers of positive action. Findings are discussed, conclusions drawn and wide-ranging recommendations are made at the EC, individual countries and organisational levels.

If you have read the paper you may wish to add a review.

Congratulations to all of the International Award for Excellence finalists:

• Journeying towards Leadership: Personal Accounts of Experiences of Corrective Action by Managers in NHS Organisations by Fahmida Ashraf and Uduak Archibong.
• Intergenerational Conflicts in the Indian American Adolescents by Srilata Bhattacharyya.
• Recognising Ecological Contexts of Diverse Ethnic Groups: Experiences of British-Indian Adult Children of Divorce by Chaitali Das.
• Using or Abusing the TRC? Efforts to Transform a South African University by Vivian de Klerk.
• Participatory Action Research in Cultural Heritage Management for Indigenous Cultural Heritage: The Gabbie Kylie Foundation, Esperance, Western Australia by David Rhys Guilfoyle, Dr. Andrew M Guilfoyle and Doc Reynolds (to be published in an upcoming issue)
• Harassment at Work: UK’s Legal Solutions by Victoria Howes.
• The Saga of Border Crossers: Social Adjustment of Japanese Female Students in a Midwestern U.S. University by Sumiko Miyafusa and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll.
• Socioeconomic Factor and First-Degree Graduate Employability: The Malaysian Scenario by Sharifah Md Nor and Bahaman Abu Samah.
• The Ethnicity Factor in the Vote Against Bilingual Education in California by Ronald Sylvia.

The third issue of Volume 9 of The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations has been published.

Volume 9, Number 3 contains:

• Diversifying Business Coaching in a South African Higher Education Context to Facilitate Research Output by Retha G Visagie and Jeanette Maritz.
• Gender Differences Concerning Status and Situational Influences on the Emotional and Social Bases of Smiling by Xiaohui Pan, Melissa Barfield-Works and William A. Haskins.
• Integrating Immigrant and Repatriate Children into Schools in Greece by Ilias Athanasiadis and Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis.
• Distance Evaluation: Engaging the Client in an Evaluation of a Multicultural Tutoring Program by Liliana Rodríguez-Campos, Aarti P. Bellara and Susan T. Hibbard.
• Innovative Community Engagement by Local Government: Harnessing Diversity for Voice, Compromise, and Shared Responsibility by Peter Demediuk.
• Managing Diversity: Culture and Context by Coen Heijes.

Continue reading ‘Diversity Journal, Volume 9, Number 3 available’

The second issue of Volume 9 of The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations has been published.

Volume 9, Number 2 contains:

• Research Productivity Trends of Women Faculty in U.S. Institutions: Evidence from NSOPF (93, 99, & 04) by Parveen Ali.
• Racism in Health Care: Experiences of Childbearing Women of African Descent by Josephine Etowa and Barbara Keddy.
• Learning Vocabulary Through Image Sketching among Primary School Children by Vijayaletchumy Subramaniam, Mohd. Sahandri Gani Hamzah, Noor Aina Dani, Normaliza Abd Rahim, Nik Rafidah Nik Affendi and Dr. Abdul Rashid Daing Melebek.
• Dyslexia Among Undergraduates in Malaysian Universities: A Mixed-Method Study of Prevalence, Academic Performances, Academic Difficulties and Coping Strategies by Puay Hoon Ong, Puay Tee Ong, Puay Liu Ong, Mohd Majid Konting, Shahren Ahmad Zaidi Adruce and Vincent Pang.
• The Challenges of Dealing with Diverse Student Population at South African Institutions of Higher Education and their Impact on Student Learning by Morewane Edward Sedibe and Mabatho Sedibe
• The Use of Traditional Examples and Techniques in Education by Kerry Maree Lee and Judy Kalopa. Continue reading ‘Diversity Journal, Volume 9, Number 2 available’
  

The final issue, Volume 8, Number 6, has been published. This completes Volume 8 of The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.

Papers of interest in Volume 8 include:

• Democracy, Diversity, and the 2008 Presidential Election: Mapping State Electoral Votes by Diversity Propensity by Garrison Nelson who was a plenary presenter at the conference
• Appropriation or Approximation: The Emergence of Intermediate Horizons by De La Rosa Sybille - the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the area of diversity in organisations, communities and nations
• The Juggling Act: Mothers as Academics by Augustina Adusah-Karikari and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll - finalist for the award
• The Equity Scorecard: An Effective Tool for Assessing Diversity Initiatives by Abbie Robinson-Armstrong, Derenda King, David Killoran and Matthew X Fissinger - finalist for the award
• Multicultural Pedagogies of ‘Recognition’ and the Inclusion of Newcomer K-4 African Refugees in Rural British Columbia, Canada by Lantana Usman- finalist for the award