McFadden, Ciaran and Crowley-Henry, Marian
(2018)
'My People': the potential of LGBT employee
networks in reducing stigmatization and providing
voice.
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29 (5).
pp. 1056-1081.
ISSN 0958-5192
Abstract
This paper explores the separation and isolation from
the mainstream workforce that lesbian, gay, and bisexual
employees can experience due to their sexual orientation, and
how this can affect their voice and silence in the workplace.
In response to perceived threats and actual experience of
stigma in the workplace, we highlight the need for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) voice in organizations,
while unpacking the complexities and concerns for LGBT
employees in publicly voicing their sexual orientation at work.
We explore how LGBT employee networks help mitigate LGBT
isolation at work, and can directly and indirectly provide them
with voice in the organization. Semi-structured interviews
were conducted with LGBT employees across organizations
in Ireland. The findings confirm that LGBT employees can
experience isolation at work, affecting their voice, and that
workplace networks may moderate this loneliness and stigma.
However, the findings question the value of LGBT employee
networks in providing voice for all sexual minority employees.
Our research considers the individual-level responses of LGBT
employees to participation in, and the value of, employee
networks, and the perceived role of these networks in giving
them visibility and voice.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
LG BT; lesbian; gay; bisexual;
transgender; affinity groups;
employee networks; identity;
voice; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
11281 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1335339 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Marian Crowley-Henry
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Oct 2019 15:45 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The International Journal of Human Resource Management |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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