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dc.contributor.authorNoronha, Ernesto-
dc.contributor.authorD’Cruz, Premilla-
dc.contributor.authorBisht, Nidhi S.-
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T11:00:26Z-
dc.date.available2022-04-28T11:00:26Z-
dc.date.issued2022-04-11-
dc.identifier.citationNoronha, E., Bisht, N. S., & D’Cruz, P. (2022). From Fear to Courage: Indian Lesbians’ and Gays’ Quest for Inclusive Ethical Organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-19.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05098-x-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/25621-
dc.description.abstractThis paper focusses on the experiences of Indian lesbians and gays (LGs) who are subjected to unethical acts of workplace bullying which get manifested through constant guesswork, comments and questioning about their sexual identity in the hostile Indian context. Given this, LG participants usually opt for secrecy and lead a double life, using ‘passing’ and ‘covering’ strategies to manage economic, social and psychological risks. Nonetheless, this paper rewrites the negative tenor of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transexuals research by underscoring how LG participants move from fear to courage in their endeavour to live authentic lives while considering the broader organizational and social context. We argue that their courage is manifested mainly through deliberate micro-disclosures and a sense of defance which can be enhanced if organizations are designed to be more inclusive and ethical. Consequently, participants defned inclusive ethical organizations as having conducive environments with trustworthy, supportive, secure, fair, unbiased and safe non-discriminatory policies open to the idea of diverse sexual orientations. Our fndings point to the fact that, frst and foremost, organizations must be crafted and sustained to be courageous within a hostile social climate, for employees to overcome their fearsen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Business Ethicsen_US
dc.subjectCourageen_US
dc.subjectBullyingen_US
dc.subjectFearen_US
dc.subjectGaysen_US
dc.subjectInclusionen_US
dc.subjectLesbiansen_US
dc.titleFrom fear to courage: Indian lesbians’ and gays’ quest for inclusive ethical organizationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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