Marilyn Y. Byrd

Marilyn Y. Byrd is an Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas. Dr. Byrd earned a BBA and MBA from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and a PhD in Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management, organizational behavior, managerial communication, and business ethics. Dr. Byrd is a member of the Academy of Management and the Academy of Human Resource Development, where she serves as a steering committee member for the Cultural Diversity Special Interest Group. She was recently appointed to participate in the Society of Human Resource Management Diversity and Inclusion Standards Task Force that will be responsible for establishing standards for diversity professionals in the HR community. Dr. Byrd currently serves on the Editorial Board for Advances in Developing Human Resources (ADHR). She co-edited the ADHR issue, “Giving Voice: The Socio-Cultural Realities of African American Women’s Leadership Experiences,” with Dr. Christine A. Stanley, Texas A&M University. This issue was the first ADHR issue devoted exclusively to African American women’s experiences. Dr. Byrd is interested in contributing to research and literature in the area of leadership theorizing that reflects the multiple perspectives that shape the leadership experience. Her other scholarly interests include group dynamics in organizations, social systems in organizations, organizational social justice, and issues emerging from racial diversity in the workplace.

Publications

Re-Conceptualizing Diversity Management: Organization-Serving, Justice-Oriented, or Both?
Re-Conceptualizing Diversity Management: Organization-Serving, Justice-Oriented, or Both?
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Claretha Hughes. © 2022. 28 pages.
This chapter highlights how diversity management, a widely practiced management philosophy, has emerged from an original focus of equal opportunity and representation to a focus...
Re-Conceptualizing Diversity Management: Organization-Serving, Justice-Oriented, or Both?
Re-Conceptualizing Diversity Management: Organization-Serving, Justice-Oriented, or Both?
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Claretha Hughes. © 2021. 36 pages.
This chapter highlights how diversity management, a widely practiced management philosophy, has emerged from an original focus of equal opportunity and representation to a focus...
A Paradigm Shift for Diversity Management: From Promoting Business Opportunity to Optimizing Lived Career Work Experiences
A Paradigm Shift for Diversity Management: From Promoting Business Opportunity to Optimizing Lived Career Work Experiences
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Claretha Hughes. © 2018. 27 pages.
This chapter brings to light how diversity management, a widely practiced management philosophy, has emerged from an original focus of equal opportunity and representation to a...
Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs
Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Brenda Lloyd-Jones. © 2017. 18 pages.
There are limited human relations [HRL] programs in higher education in the United States, and even fewer that include an integrative concentration of social justice and...
Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs
Developing a Social Justice-Oriented Workforce Diversity Concentration in Human Relations Academic Programs
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Brenda Lloyd-Jones. © 2016. 18 pages.
There are limited human relations [HRL] programs in higher education in the United States, and even fewer that include an integrative concentration of social justice and...
A Paradigm Shift for Diversity Management: From Promoting Business Opportunity to Optimizing Lived Career Work Experiences
A Paradigm Shift for Diversity Management: From Promoting Business Opportunity to Optimizing Lived Career Work Experiences
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Claretha Hughes. © 2015. 26 pages.
This chapter brings to light how diversity management, a widely practiced management philosophy, has emerged from an original focus of equal opportunity and representation to a...
Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
Chaunda L. Scott, Marilyn Y. Byrd. © 2012. 650 pages.
Emphasizing the importance of workforce diversity as it relates to valuing the similarities, differences, and talents of employees at all ranks has provided a wonderful topic for...
Theorizing African American Women’s Learning and Development: Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Socio-Cultural Adult Learning Theories
Theorizing African American Women’s Learning and Development: Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Socio-Cultural Adult Learning Theories
Marilyn Y. Byrd, Dominique T. Chlup. © 2012. 18 pages.
This study is a qualitative, interpretative examination of nine African American women’s encounters with race, gender, and social class (intersectionality) in predominantly white...
Critical Race Theory: A Framework for Examining Social Identity Diversity of Black Women in Positions of Leadership
Critical Race Theory: A Framework for Examining Social Identity Diversity of Black Women in Positions of Leadership
Marilyn Y. Byrd. © 2012. 14 pages.
This chapter is a qualitative, narrative case study that seeks to unveil the social identity diversity of leadership from the perspective a Black woman leader. Social identity...