The complete guide to transgender in the workplace

Sheridan, Vanessa 1949- (Author).

Summary: As The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace demonstrates, there is a strong business case for treating transgender workers with dignity. Its tips, guidelines, and policy examples will help organizations enhance the bottom line, while keeping the workplace harmonious. The most in-depth and informative volume on transgender workers ever written, the book offers useful tools, practical information, and a variety of resources that will enable business leaders and organizations to deal effectively with the transgender phenomenon. It will also help workers struggling with their identities and will give strength to those who are secure, but have yet to come out.

Record details

ISBN: 9780313365850 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0313365857 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xix, 253 p.)
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What is transgender? -- Interlude: So, whaddya know? -- Who are transgender people? -- Why transgender inclusion matters to your business (even if you didn't know it) -- The great restroom debate -- Benefits of transgender-specific awareness training -- Coming out as transgender at work -- Tools for organizational leaders -- Help for human resource professionals -- Practical ideas for organizations -- Insights for coworkers of transpersons -- Tips for transgender workers -- What to do about, with, and for transgender customers -- What you can do -- Answers to the "So, whaddya know?" quiz -- Recommended reading -- Suggested web sites -- XYZ company: guiding principles, procedures, and best practices for transsexual employee transitions in the workplace -- International Bill Of Gender Rights -- Alcatel-Lucent Technologies Equal Opportunity Policy Statement -- IBM Corporation Equal Opportunity Policy -- The equality principles.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.