Title: Does it make sense to manage people 'diversely'? A scoping review on human resource management practices rooted in diversity

Authors: Federica Testa; Federico Ceschel; Alessandro Hinna; Rocco Palumbo

Addresses: Department of Management and Law – Via Columbia, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Roma, Italy ' Department of Business Economics – Via Silvio D'Amico, University of Rome Tre, 00145, Roma, Italy ' Department of Management and Law – Via Columbia, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Roma, Italy ' Department of Management and Law – Via Columbia, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Roma, Italy

Abstract: The effectiveness of diversity management relies on its interplay with human resource management practices. Although scholars and practitioners have attempted to unravel the nexus between diversity management and human resource management, extant scientific knowledge is scattered. The article takes steps to fill this gap, delivering a scoping review to map the debate about the interaction of diversity management and human resource management, summarising extant evidence and envisioning avenues for further development. Three electronic databases were queried to assemble relevant contributions. Drawing on an initial dataset of 2,555 records, we arranged a knowledge core of 94 articles. The scoping review enabled us to articulate the attributes that recruitment and selection, training, performance appraisal, and compensation should possess to boost work inclusiveness. Although most contributions address single human resource management practices, inclusiveness requires systematic action to orient people management towards the value of diversity. Future developments should elicit the determinants of an integrated diversity management approach, embedding human resource management in a comprehensive organisational strategy that recognises the distinctive contribution of diversity and inclusiveness to value generation.

Keywords: diversity; diversity management; DM; human resource management practices; selection; recruitment; training; performance; compensation; inclusiveness.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2024.142039

International Journal of Management Practice, 2024 Vol.17 No.6, pp.635 - 668

Received: 30 Sep 2022
Accepted: 25 Sep 2023
Published online: 07 Oct 2024 *

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