Workplace discrimination against LGBT employees in Mauritius: A sociological perspective

Shabneez Bhankaraully, Michel Goyer and Jeremy Aroles
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Shabneez Bhankaraully: Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK
Michel Goyer: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK
Jeremy Aroles: University of York School of Management, University of York, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2023, vol. 44, issue 4, 1105-1126

Abstract: This article focuses on workplace discrimination against LGBT employees in Mauritius – a multi-ethnic society in the Indian Ocean. Drawing from the insights of sociological studies that highlight how the manifestation of practices across settings is shaped by the process by which it is framed, the analysis illustrates the importance of the local context in accounting for the specific forms taken by LGBT workplace discrimination in Mauritius. Reflecting the importance of respect for different ethnic groups in the stability of the Mauritian democracy, the empirical results highlight how instances of workplace discrimination against LGBT employees are pervasive but framed to avoid inter-ethnic conflicts whilst stigmatising LGBT identities as problematic.

Keywords: Discrimination; inter-ethnic conflicts; LGBT; Mauritius; sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X221111822

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