Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations
Changing demographics and a rising number of immigrants entering the labor market have posed new challenges to managers in work organizations.Within this context, Norway has been noted to have a highly regulated work sector that is considered beneficial for minorities and marginalized groups. Thro...
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Aalborg University
2023-12-01
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Changing demographics and a rising number of immigrants entering the labor market have posed new challenges to managers in work organizations.Within this context, Norway has been noted to have a highly regulated work sector that is considered beneficial for minorities and marginalized groups. Through a case study of three nursing homes in Norway, this paper analyzes how managers engage with diversity-related regulations when addressing their everyday challenges, and how their enacted practices affect the inclusion of immigrants in the workplace. The study applies a practice-theoretical approach and contributes to diversity management research by identifying how managers’ differing enactments of inclusion-related practices are connected to competing institutional logics. The analysis shows how the co-existence of multiple institutional logics in this context represents an arena for political struggle.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5607471ba3e1453a8b98a350e8c590fa2023-12-02T01:03:03ZengAalborg UniversityNordic Journal of Working Life Studies2245-01572023-12-0110.18291/njwls.142123Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and RegulationsTone Lindheim0VID Specialized University Changing demographics and a rising number of immigrants entering the labor market have posed new challenges to managers in work organizations.Within this context, Norway has been noted to have a highly regulated work sector that is considered beneficial for minorities and marginalized groups. Through a case study of three nursing homes in Norway, this paper analyzes how managers engage with diversity-related regulations when addressing their everyday challenges, and how their enacted practices affect the inclusion of immigrants in the workplace. The study applies a practice-theoretical approach and contributes to diversity management research by identifying how managers’ differing enactments of inclusion-related practices are connected to competing institutional logics. The analysis shows how the co-existence of multiple institutional logics in this context represents an arena for political struggle. https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/142123Health, Working Environment & WellbeingEmployment, Wages, Unemployment & RehabilitationGender, Ethnicity, Age and DiversityLabor Market Institutions & Social PartnersOrganization & Management |
| spellingShingle | Tone Lindheim Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Health, Working Environment & Wellbeing Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Gender, Ethnicity, Age and Diversity Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners Organization & Management |
| title | Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations |
| title_full | Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations |
| title_short | Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Homes: Practices and Regulations |
| title_sort | managing diversity and inclusion in nursing homes practices and regulations |
| topic | Health, Working Environment & Wellbeing Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Gender, Ethnicity, Age and Diversity Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners Organization & Management |
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