The (Education) Congress of the German Armed Forces, 13 to 15 September 2016 at Helmut Schmidt University focused as a main topic “Equal Opportunities: The Contribution of Education to Diversity Management, Gender Mainstreaming and Equality”. Our team organized a scientific panel “Organizational and Personnel Research on Gender and Diversity: A Broad and Contentious Field”. It showed in a multifaceted way what constitutes the “state of the art” of gender and diversity research, which topics are researched and how, and that the status of a broad and contentious field also applies to science. Barbara Sieben and Daniela Rastetter, University of Hamburg, reported on their stock-taking of gender and diversity research conducted at chairs of organization and human resources in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Tina Hundt presented her discourse analysis on the compatibility of family and service in the Bundeswehr. Angela Kornau reported on the comparative research project on equality, diversity and inclusion at work in Germany and Turkey. Christiane Bender, Sociology, gave a reminder: The “old” insight that an intelligent organizational policy is based on a clear setting of priorities must not be forgotten, despite all diversity. She presents successful examples from the Bundeswehr. In the subsequent plenary discussion, was also room for the controversial issues around equal opportunities, gender and diversity in organizations.
Letzte Änderung: 23. October 2022