TY - JOUR
T1 - Realising the business case for diversity
T2 - a realist perspective on the British National Health Service
AU - Powell, Martin
AU - Johns, Nick
PY - 2014/2/19
Y1 - 2014/2/19
N2 - This article takes a novel approach to exploring the business case for diversity (BCD) as it has been adopted in the British National Health Service (NHS), principally in terms of ‘race’ and ethnicity for the sake of clarity and manageability. It draws on realist perspectives that consider issues of context, mechanism and outcome. It concludes that transferring policies from other countries and sectors is problematic, and consequently that the application of the BCD to the NHS must be treated with extreme caution.
AB - This article takes a novel approach to exploring the business case for diversity (BCD) as it has been adopted in the British National Health Service (NHS), principally in terms of ‘race’ and ethnicity for the sake of clarity and manageability. It draws on realist perspectives that consider issues of context, mechanism and outcome. It concludes that transferring policies from other countries and sectors is problematic, and consequently that the application of the BCD to the NHS must be treated with extreme caution.
U2 - 10.1017/S1474746414000025
DO - 10.1017/S1474746414000025
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-7464
VL - 14
SP - 161
EP - 173
JO - Social Policy and Society
JF - Social Policy and Society
IS - 2
ER -