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- Title
Exploring Experiences at Work Beyond the Binary: Identity, Inclusion and Allyship.
- Authors
Balakrishnan, Sumitra; Mohapatra, Mallhar
- Abstract
With progress in the fight for workplace equality for employees who do not have a cisgender identity, discrimination towards members of oppressed social classes is slowly becoming more covert. The paper studies two groups of stakeholders in organizations, non-cisgender employees and HR personnel, across multiple sectors to understand the provisions, challenges and implementation needs of such employees. Provisions and needs of non-cisgender employees as organizational members were studied. These included the sufficiency of imperative workplace facilities, provisions and policies for inclusion, the facilities and provisions for equal compensation, maternity and parental benefits, and remote working conditions. Anti-harassment and anti-sexual harassment policies in the workplace, along with the willingness to report any incidents, were included. The importance of inclusivity as practiced in the organization and measures like allyship has been studied. HR managers were asked about the feasibility of implementation of progressive measures that help non-cisgender employees through infrastructure and anti-discrimination policies, inclusivity measures, bias at the workplace, measures to counter and prevent sexual harassment and abuse, allyship and creation of a noncisgender friendly culture at their workplace. It was found that basic resource allocation and allyship can be facilitators for inclusivity.
- Subjects
EQUALITY in the workplace; HARASSMENT; WORK experience (Employment); DIVERSITY in the workplace; HUMAN resources personnel
- Publication
IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 2, p24
- ISSN
0972-687X
- Publication type
Article