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Title: The Duality of an Atypical Leader in Diversity Management: The Legitimization and Delegitimization of Diversity Beliefs in Organizations
Other Titles: The Duality of an Atypical Leader in Diversity Management: The Legitimisation and Delegitimisation of Diversity Beliefs in Organisations
Authors: Samdanis, M
Ozbilgin, M
Issue Date: 12-Nov-2019
Publisher: British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons
Citation: Samdanis, M. and Ozbilgin, M. (2020) 'The Duality of an Atypical Leader in Diversity Management: The Legitimization and Delegitimization of Diversity Beliefs in Organizations', International Journal of Management Review, 22 (2), pp. 101-119 (19). doi: 10.1111/ijmr.12217.
Abstract: Copyright © 2019 The Authors. An atypical leader is often celebrated as an individual who is likely to support workforce diversity in organizations. Yet the verity of the assumption that an atypical leader will invariably promote workforce diversity remains underexplored. In this paper, we question this assumption and demonstrate the dualities of an atypical leader in legitimizing and delegitimizing workforce diversity. We define and examine the concept of atypicality among leaders, in terms of how they emerge, who they are (dispositions), what they say (discourses) and what they do (performative acts). We introduce a conceptual framework that maps out the emergence and constitution of an atypical leader, as well as their impact on diversity management within an organization. Our analysis incorporates the concept of habitus (class‐specific and reflexive), in order to reveal the dualities of an atypical leader which determine the management of diversity within an organization and cause continuity and change in diversity beliefs.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/19803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12217
ISSN: 1460-8545
Other Identifiers: ORCID iDs: Marios Samdanis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-5301; Mustafa Özbilgin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-9534.
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