The role of authentic leadership in fostering workplace inclusion: A social information processing perspective

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Boekhorst, J. A. (2015). The role of authentic leadership in fostering workplace inclusion:
A social information processing perspective. Human Resource Management, 54(2),
241-264. Available at DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21669
Boekhorst (2015) in the article entitled “The role of authentic leadership in fostering
workplace inclusion: A social information processing perspective” discusses the importance of
the maintenance of the proper leadership within the organization in order to incorporate the
diversity within the organization. The article assists the understanding of the issues that might
arise within the organizational management in dealing with the diversity within the organization.
The opinions as have been expressed by Mitchell et al. (2015) second the arguments as have
been highlighted by Boekhorst (2015). The article assists the future researchers to have a proper
understanding of the need for the inclusion of the diversity within the workplace as well as
highlights the ways in which the organizational leadership affects the workplace diversity.
Cletus, H. E., Mahmood, N. A., Umar, A., & Ibrahim, A. D. (2018). Prospects and
Challenges of Workplace Diversity in Modern Day Organizations: A Critical
Review. HOLISTICA–Journal of Business and Public Administration, 9(2), 35-52.
Available at DOI: 10.2478/hjbpa-2018-0011
Cletus, Mahmood, Umar and Ibrahim (2018) in the article entitled “Prospects and
Challenges of Workplace Diversity in Modern Day Organizations: A Critical Review” attempts a
discussion on the various critical issues that are highlighted within the concerned workplaces all
over the world. The article highlights the various benefits and the challenges that are faced by the
given organization that tend to implement the diversity within the workplaces. The opinions of
the authors are seconded by the researches that are undertaken by Prayson and Rowe (2019). The

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article assists in the future researchers in understanding the several benefits and the challenges
that are encountered by the business organizations operational in the international markets.
Davis, P. J., Frolova, Y., & Callahan, W. (2016). Workplace diversity management in
Australia: what do managers think and what are organisations doing?. Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 35(2), 81-98. Available at DOI:
10.1108/EDI-03-2015-0020
Davis, Frolova and Callahan (2016) in the article entitled “Workplace diversity
management in Australia: what do managers think and what are organisations doing?”
discusses the understanding of the various managerial employees serving at the non-human
resource departments regarding the importance of managing the diversity within the given
organization. The article in discussion highlights the importance of the incorporation of the
various practices that are required for the inclusion and the management of the diversity within
the given workplaces. The opinions as have been expressed by Motel (2016) second the
arguments as have been highlighted by Davis, Frolova and Callahan (2016). The article assists
the future researchers to have a proper understanding of the need for the inclusion of the
diversity within the workplace.
Durrani, A. S., & Rajagopal, L. (2016). Restaurant human resource managers’ attitudes
towards workplace diversity, perceptions and definition of ethical
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Durrani and Rajagopal (2016) in the article “Restaurant human resource managers’
attitudes towards workplace diversity, perceptions and definition of ethical hiring” discusses the

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importance of maintenance of the workplace diversity within the business organizations. The
article highlights the issues that are faced by the concerned managers serving within the
department of the human resources and the issues that they have to face in the recruitment of the
various potential employees of the organization. The opinions of the authors are seconded by the
researches that are undertaken by Yap et al. (2015). The article assists in the future researchers in
understanding the various issues that are being faced by the human resource managers of the
various business organizations operational in the international markets.
Graham, M. E., Belliveau, M. A., & Hotchkiss, J. L. (2017). The view at the top or signing
at the bottom? Workplace diversity responsibility and women’s representation in
management. ILR Review, 70(1), 223-258. Available at DOI:
10.1177/0019793916668879
Graham, Belliveau and Hotchkiss (2017) in the article entitled “The view at the top or
signing at the bottom? Workplace diversity responsibility and women’s representation in
management” discusses the issues of the incorporation of the female employees within the given
organizations. The majority of the organizations that have been featuring within the international
markets tend to implement a proper diversity within the workplace in terms of the gender of the
employees. The article focusses on the issues that are highlighted within the higher levels of
management due to the low gender diversity within the higher hierarchical levels. The opinions
as have been expressed by Dobbin and Kalev (2015) second the arguments highlighted within
the article. The article assists the future researchers to have a proper understanding of the need
for the inclusion of gender diversity within the workplace.
Guillaume, Y. R., Dawson, J. F., Otaye‐Ebede, L., Woods, S. A., & West, M. A. (2017).
Harnessing demographic differences in organizations: What moderates the effects