Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a cross-level conceptual model of organizational- and individual-level outcomes of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)-supportive policies for all workers regardless of their sexual orientation.
Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual paper based on an integration of propositions from perceived organizational support and organizational justice theories.
Findings: The model suggests that LGBT-supportive policies should be related to perceptions of organizational support directly and indirectly through diversity climate and perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice.
Practical implications: The model implies that employees should feel more supported and more fairly treated among firms with LGBT-supportive policies and practices, and that these feelings will be reciprocated.
Originality/value: This is the first paper to develop propositions about the outcomes of LGBT-supportive policies for all workers, and advances the literature by developing a multi-level model of outcomes of these policies.
Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual paper based on an integration of propositions from perceived organizational support and organizational justice theories.
Findings: The model suggests that LGBT-supportive policies should be related to perceptions of organizational support directly and indirectly through diversity climate and perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice.
Practical implications: The model implies that employees should feel more supported and more fairly treated among firms with LGBT-supportive policies and practices, and that these feelings will be reciprocated.
Originality/value: This is the first paper to develop propositions about the outcomes of LGBT-supportive policies for all workers, and advances the literature by developing a multi-level model of outcomes of these policies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17-32 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Diversity management
- LGBT-supportive policies
- Organizational justice theory
- Perceived organization support theory
- Sexual diversity climate