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The inclusivity of inclusion approaches: A relational perspective on inclusion and exclusion in organizations

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Organizational inclusion has become a key concept when dealing with the topic of diversity and inequality in organizations. Its core claim is to be all‐embracing and to “leave no one behind.” However, can mainstream as well as critical inclusion approaches live up to this claim? In this article, I revisit two central concepts—belongingness and recognition—of both approaches from a feminist disability lens in general and the interests and needs of autistic people in particular. The analysis shows that mainstream and critical inclusion approaches rely on implicit ableist assumptions, which results in autistic people becoming “the other Other” of the organizational inclusion discourse. Yet, instead of judging the “inclusion project” as failed, the article pleads for the acknowledgement of inclusion as always partial, based on implicit boundary drawing. Such a view makes it possible to discuss the il‐/legitimacy of certain boundaries and their inclusionary and exclusionary consequences.

Source: Gender Work and Organization

DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12574

Author: Laura Dobusch

Institution: Radboud University Nijmegen

Language: English

Topic: Disability Rights and Representation

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,700