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Applying Critical (Self) Advocacy and Social Justice Through Employee Resource Groups

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Human Resource Development

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  • Stephanie Sisco

    (University of Minnesota)

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Employee resource groups (ERGs) have become an ideal approach to engaging and supporting underrepresented employees. Organizations have benefited from this practice by using ERGs to address workplace concerns, recognize diverse perspectives, and advance diversity and inclusion initiatives. This chapter describes how ERGs can also serve as an emancipatory strategy for marginalized, outnumbered, and/or excluded employees to practice advocacy and pursue social justice. In doing so, core principles of critical social theory and self-advocacy are used as a framework to examine the ongoing need for members of oppressed social groups (i.e., LGBTQ, persons with disabilities, women, and racial minorities) to incite social change for themselves and their communities. Research that identifies the unique challenges and objectives of different ERGs is also presented in a literature review. Thereafter, this chapter concludes with a discussion about how the field of human resource development (HRD) can further contribute to the development of ERGs and the advancement of social justice research.

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  • Stephanie Sisco, 2023. "Applying Critical (Self) Advocacy and Social Justice Through Employee Resource Groups," Springer Books, in: Joshua C. Collins & Jamie L. Callahan (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Human Resource Development, chapter 0, pages 219-241, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-10453-4_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10453-4_13
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