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Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs

Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs
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Author(s): Marilyn Y. Byrd (University of Oklahoma, USA)and Brenda Lloyd-Jones (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 18
Source title: Organizational Culture and Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch024

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Abstract

There are limited human relations [HRL] programs in higher education in the United States, and even fewer that include an integrative concentration of social justice and workforce diversity. The purpose of this chapter will be, first, to identify the need for social justice and workforce diversity perspectives in HRL programs and then provide a philosophical and theoretical rationale for how an integration of these perspectives is critical to the advancement of HRL in praxis. Second, to develop students' awareness of ways that the organizational social culture operates to create social stratification and exclusion. Third, an experiential service learning component will be described as a necessary step for students to experience environments and contexts where social injustice is prevalent. The chapter will conclude with a proposal for a social justice workforce diversity certificate in HRL that recognizes professional competency and skill as a social change agent. This chapter advances the concept of organizational social justice (Byrd, 2012).

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