Organizational LGBT activism: debate and research agenda

Abstract

This paper analyzes the debate on LGBT activism in organizations. It elaborated an overview of international scientific production, identifying contributions, structures and objectives of activisms and theoretical-methodological approaches. Based on this, an agenda based on suggestions and discussions was formulated. To this end, a bibliographic survey was carried out on the Scopus database from 2010 to 2019, submitting collected articles to a systematic literature review protocol. The results indicated that this research has a nascent impulse and privileges, among LGBT persons, gay subjects. The studies are supported by different theoretical references and more related to the interpretive paradigm. Prevailed LGBT activism classified as “informal internally responsive approach” (Githens & Aragon, 2009), with effects of psychological well-being and greater possibility of equal rights gains for dissident sexualities in organizations that have activism. New paths may stimulate future studies related to theme in Brazil, such as: voice mechanisms; impacts on organizational change; political and cultural aspects; and use of more critical methodologies. The main contribution of the study is to be a pioneer in dealing with LGBT activism, detecting specific lines for its investigation in national organizational studies.

Keywords

• ativismo lgbt nas organizações
• grupos de afinidades
• redes de empregados
• grupos de recursos de empregados
• revisão de literatura