We are pleased to announce that we just finished a new issue of Research in HRM titled "Native American and Indigenous Peoples' World of Work." It was edited by Dianna Stone, Kimberly Lukaszewski and Brian Murray is currently in production at Information Age. It should be in print in a few months.
The U. N. estimates that there are approximately 476 million indigenous people around the world and there are 1.8 million Native Americans in the USA (UN, 2024.) These individuals face recurring challenges with high rates of unemployment, poverty, unequal access to health care, low educational levels, and housing and food insecurity (UN, 2024). They also face cultural dominance by one or more European countries, the confiscation of indigenous lands, environmental degradation, racism, higher suicide rates, shorter longevity rates, and countless indignities (Murray, in press.)
Another one of the biggest challenges facing Native Americans and indigenous people is that they often experience unfair discrimination in the employment process (Stone et al., 2023), and exclusion from work organizations which perpetuates their high rates of poverty. Despite these problems, there has been little or no research on Native American work issues in human resource management or related fields (Dabdoub et al., 2021.) Thus, this issue was designed to a) consider the factors that affect unfair discrimination, racism, and the exclusion of indigenous people in work organizations, (b) highlight the benefits of including indigenous people in organizations (e.g., they have exceptional knowledge about the environment, are often team oriented, are extremely creative, etc.,) (c) develop a better understanding of indigenous people's work values, job choices, and reward preferences so organizations can attract and retain them, (d) offer directions for future research and practice on the plight of indigenous people in organizations. Note that this book is unique because it is the first one on Native American or Indigenous work issues and many authors are indigenous people
We are not aware of any other series on Native Americans and Indigenous Work Issues so this may be the first one. We plan to send a list of articles in another message.
Regards,
Dianna Stone