TY - JOUR
T1 - Employee voice mechanisms for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender expatriation
T2 - the role of Employee-Resource Groups (ERGs) and allies
AU - McNulty, Yvonne
AU - McPhail, Ruth
AU - Inversi, Cristina
AU - Dundon, Tony
AU - Nechanska, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/3/9
Y1 - 2018/3/9
N2 - Recent literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) expatriates has largely taken an employee perspective. Less attention has been devoted to organizational mechanisms supporting LGBT voice opportunities for global mobility. In this study, we use respondent data from 15 LGBT employees in combination with data from five global mobility managers to examine the role of Employee Resource Groups. Using the depth, scope and level of voice to frame the study in relation to stereotype threat theory, the findings show that discrimination and stigmatization are prevalent features affecting voice. The findings advance three distinct contributions concerning marginalized (LGBT) employee voices about expatriation: the importance of ‘informal’ social dialogue, the shallow ‘depth’ to voice decision-making roles about LGBT expatriation, and a consideration of ‘silence’ in voice literatures.
AB - Recent literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) expatriates has largely taken an employee perspective. Less attention has been devoted to organizational mechanisms supporting LGBT voice opportunities for global mobility. In this study, we use respondent data from 15 LGBT employees in combination with data from five global mobility managers to examine the role of Employee Resource Groups. Using the depth, scope and level of voice to frame the study in relation to stereotype threat theory, the findings show that discrimination and stigmatization are prevalent features affecting voice. The findings advance three distinct contributions concerning marginalized (LGBT) employee voices about expatriation: the importance of ‘informal’ social dialogue, the shallow ‘depth’ to voice decision-making roles about LGBT expatriation, and a consideration of ‘silence’ in voice literatures.
KW - employee-resource groups (ERGs)
KW - expatriates
KW - LGBT
KW - silence
KW - stereotype theory
KW - Voice
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U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2017.1376221
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2017.1376221
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029529944
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 29
SP - 829
EP - 856
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 5
ER -