Queer at Work

Presents key issues concerning non-normative gender and sexual orientation identities at the workplace, especially in the Indian context.

Includes various narratives and case studies, enabling the readers to see a new perspective.

Details the stereotypes and stigmas attached to LGBTQ employees at the workplace in India, and allows their voices to be heard.

Autorentext

Dr Sasmita Palo is a professor at the School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India. She has published over 30 academic papers in various national and international journals, and has co-authored a book Human Dimensions for Total Quality Management (2005). She has headed various research projects with LIC, Orissa Government, CII, and Goa Shipyard Limited, to name but a few.

Kumar Kunal Jha is an assistant professor with the School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India. His research focuses on the LGBTIQA community at the workplace in India. He is a Dalia Lama Fellow and a recipient of Aon Hewitt Think Tank Research Fellowship. As a member of Future Leaders Connect programme he was invited to discuss today's biggest global challenges in the UK Houses of Parliament and the Moller Institute, Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction to Gender.- Chapter 2: Accepted as the other: Discrimination, Identity Crises and Coping Mechanism.- ** Chapter 3: Heteronormativity in the Workplace.- Chapter 4: Queer, Information Technology and Internet: The Virtual and the Real.- Chapter 5: Are Indian Organisations Safe for the LGBT employees?.- Chapter 6**: Conclusion.