Institutional Change: The impact of Kenya´s new constitution on the diversity of the public service sector

Beschreibung

Diversity issues emerge in organizations due to political, social or demographic developments which force them to react and sometimes to act as first movers in an emerging management field. In particular, driving forces at the societal level are considered to be paramount for the implementation of diversity management at the organizational level. The mutual dependencies of the structural level and ways of doing diversity differs in different contexts. Hence, the presented paper will take Kenya as an interesting example of how diversity management is initiated and implemented in the civil service sector. The case of Kenya is rather special since the country is in a process of transition: the government, civil service and major national companies are currently being restructured following recent civil unrest and ethnic violence. In 2010 a new Kenyan constitution was promulgated. Currently the issue of diversity, culturally meaningful in terms of tribes, ethnicity and gender, is being recognized and appropriate measures introduced into the public service sector. In this context, diversity is understood as a new organizational practice that demands action from both the government and major state agencies to ensure an inclusive society and public sector, thereby reducing long standing social and economic issues of discrimination based mainly on tribe, ethnicity and gender.

Zeitraum	2 Juni 2013 → 4 Juni 2013
Ereignistitel	The Inaugural Paul R. Lawrence Conference: Connecting Rigor and Relevance in Institutional Analysis
Veranstaltungstyp	Keine Angaben
Bekanntheitsgrad	International