The Ethnically Diverse Workplace
Experience of Immigrant Indian Professionals in Australia
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The Australian workplace continues to become more ethnically diverse as multiculturalism becomes a lived reality on a substantial scale. This change makes it vital to understand exclusionary or discriminatory practices and a detailed investigation of the potential relationship between work stress, acculturation, and its impact on emotional labour for minority group members has not been well researched.
The Ethnically Diverse Workplace: Experience of Immigrant Indian Professionals in Australia documents the perceptions and experiences of exclusion after inclusion by Indian immigrants, particularly professionals. Many of the reports of discriminatory practices towards Indian immigrants or their stigmatisation based on accent, skin tone or national origin are anecdotal in nature and this book will seek to explain such practices and their impacts on the Indian immigrant community.
The Ethnically Diverse Workplace works to encourage and promote greater awareness and understanding so that immigrant Indian professionals maybe better understood and served in Australia.
Chapter 1. Multicultural Australia and the Immigrant
- Chapter 2. Living in the Shadows and the Dilemma of Difference
- Chapter 3. Exclusion after Inclusion a Bitter Reality
- Chapter 4. The Substance and Style of Emotional Labour
- Chapter 5. The Emotional Struggle: Identity Formation
- Chapter 6. Staying True to One’s Ethnic Identity
Sunaina Gowan is a seasoned higher education leader and Associate Professor who has worked in Education and Management for over 21 years. During this period, she has distinguished herself in higher education administration by serving in governance roles, promoting education, and working for humanitarian causes as well as teaching a range of business and communication courses at several higher education institutions. Her research interests include student development and belonging, cultural diversity, environmental concerns, principles of responsible business and education, inclusiveness, and emotional labour. Her experience is in organisational capability development, multiliteracies pedagogies, internationalisation of education, socio-cultural approaches to identity, and constructing sustainable operations.