The Shaping of Diversity Management in France: An Institutional Change Analysis

This paper addresses the shaping of diversity management in France using a neo‐institutional perspective, through which non‐discrimination in the workplace is viewed as an organizational field structured around the problem of discrimination and the challenge of diversity management. The analysis draws on the process approach, together with the institutional change model as an analytical framework. By analysing the conditions in France, the authors contribute to the understanding of how diversity management has been managed over time. They also show how the environmental context, the position of institutional entrepreneurs, practices and boundaries affect institutional dynamics in a given organizational field.