Encyclopedia of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Spirituality
暫譯: 多樣性、公平性、包容性與靈性百科全書

這本百科全書開創了新局面，揭示了古老的精神智慧如何能徹底改變現代的多樣性與包容性實踐。它匯集了227個前沿章節，探討了變革性的方法——從拉科塔（Lakota）的人際關係傳統到量子思維，從人工智慧（AI）偏見緩解到東方冥想在組織變革中的應用。來自全球的貢獻者展示了精神意識如何創造出比傳統方法更深刻、更真實的多樣性成果。無論是針對去殖民化、技術倫理，還是工作場所的福祉，這本百科全書為準備超越表面多樣性、朝向深刻的、以精神為基礎的轉型的領導者提供了實用的框架，這種轉型尊重個體的獨特性與普遍的聯結。

Joan Marques has reinvented herself from a successful media and social entrepreneur in Suriname, South America, to an innovative "edupreneur" (educational entrepreneur) in California, USA. Her entrepreneurial career spans over four decades, and includes the creation and successful management of companies in Public Relations and Advertising, Import and Export, Real Estate, Media Productions, and a Non-Profit, focused on women's advancement. In the US, she has co-founded the Business Renaissance Institute and the Academy of Spirituality and Professional Excellence (ASPEX), and most recently founded Give and Get Light.

Based on her impressive career and ongoing influence, Dr. Marques was awarded the highest state decoration of her home country, Suriname: Commander (Commandeur) in the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star, in 2015. That same year, she was also awarded the Dr. Nelle Becker-Slaton Pathfinder Award from the Association of Pan-African Doctoral Scholars in Los Angeles, for her exemplary and groundbreaking professional performance. In 2019, she was awarded the Kankantrie Life Time Achievement Award for her accomplishments in Education from the Suriname American Network Inc. in Miami, FL. In 2023, she was awarded the Dora Kirby Award by Woodbury University for her extraordinary commitment to the community.

Dr. Marques is a frequent speaker and presenter at academic and professional venues. In 2016, she gave a TEDx-Talk at College of the Canyons in California, titled "An Ancient Path Towards a Better Future," in which she analyzed the Noble Eightfold Path, one of the foundational Buddhist practices, within the realm of contemporary business performance. In recent years she has conducted presentations and workshops on multiple forums, such as at Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) research colloquia at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, and a variety of keynote addresses in the US and Suriname.

Joan's research interests pertain to Awakened Leadership, Buddhist Psychology in Management, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Workplace Spirituality. Her works have been widely published and cited in both academic and popular venues. She has written more than 150 scholarly articles, which were published in prestigious scholarly journals such as The Journal of Business Ethics, Business and Society, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, The International Journal of Management Education, Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Management Development, Organization Development Journal, and Human Resource Development Quarterly. Dr. Marques has (co)authored and (co)edited more than 40 books, among which, The Palgrave Handbook of Change and Resilience at Work (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025); GAIN Positive and Mindful Self-Leadership (Springer, 2024), The Palgrave Handbook of Fulfillment, Wellness, and Personal Growth at Work (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023); Innovative Leadership in Times of Compelling Changes (Springer, 2022); Exploring Gender at Work (Palgrave, 2021), New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change (Springer, 2020), and Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (Springer, 2020). "The Routledge Companion to Happiness at Work" (2020); "The Routledge Companion to Inclusive Leadership" (2020), "Lead with Heart in Mind" (Springer, 2019), "The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality", "Engaged Leadership: Transforming through Future-Oriented Design" (with Satinder Dhiman - Springer, 2018); "Ethical Leadership, Progress with a Moral Compass" (Routledge, 2017); "Leadership, Finding Balance Between Acceptance and Ambition" (Routledge, 2016); "Leadership Today: Practices for Personal and Professional Performance" (with Satinder Dhiman - Springer, 2016); "Business and Buddhism" (Routledge, 2015); and "Leadership and Mindful Behavior: Action, Wakefulness, and Business" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2014).

Joan currently serves as Dean at Woodbury University's School of Business, in Burbank, California, where she works on infusing and nurturing the concept of "Business with a Conscience" into internal and external stakeholders. She is also a Full Professor of Management and teaches business courses related to Leadership, Ethics, Creativity, Social Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Behavior in graduate and undergraduate programs.

Joan holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences (thesis: Buddhist Psychology in Management) from Tilburg University's Oldendorff Graduate School; and an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership (thesis: Workplace Spirituality) from Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. She also holds an M.B.A. from Woodbury University and a B.Sc. in Business Economics from MOC, Suriname. Additionally, she has completed post-doctoral work at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business.

Dr. Marques is a member of the executive committee of the Management, Spirituality and Religion division of the Academy of Management, where she currently serves on the Leadership Track, and serves on the boards of Leadership Burbank and the Burbank Chamber of Commerce.

喬安·馬克斯（Joan Marques）從南美洲蘇里南的一位成功媒體和社會企業家，重新塑造自己成為美國加州的一位創新「教育企業家」（edupreneur）。她的創業生涯跨越四十多年，涵蓋了公共關係和廣告、進出口、房地產、媒體製作以及專注於女性進步的非營利組織的創建和成功管理。在美國，她共同創立了商業文藝復興學院（Business Renaissance Institute）和靈性與專業卓越學院（Academy of Spirituality and Professional Excellence, ASPEX），最近還創立了「給與獲得光明」（Give and Get Light）。

基於她令人印象深刻的職業生涯和持續的影響力，馬克斯博士於2015年獲得了她的故鄉蘇里南的最高國家榮譽：黃星榮譽勳章的指揮官（Commandeur）。同年，她還因其卓越和開創性的專業表現，獲得了洛杉磯泛非博士學者協會頒發的奈爾·貝克-斯萊頓探索者獎（Dr. Nelle Becker-Slaton Pathfinder Award）。在2019年，她因在教育領域的成就獲得了來自邁阿密的蘇里南美國網絡公司（Suriname American Network Inc.）頒發的Kankantrie終身成就獎。2023年，她因對社區的卓越貢獻而獲得了伍德伯里大學的多拉·柯比獎（Dora Kirby Award）。

馬克斯博士經常在學術和專業場合擔任演講者和報告者。2016年，她在加州的加尼恩學院（College of the Canyons）發表了題為「通往更美好未來的古老道路」（An Ancient Path Towards a Better Future）的TEDx演講，分析了作為基礎佛教實踐之一的八正道在當代商業表現中的應用。近年來，她在多個論壇上進行了演講和工作坊，例如在管理、靈性與宗教（MSR）研究研討會上，以及在美國和蘇里南的各種主題演講中。

喬安的研究興趣包括覺醒領導力、管理中的佛教心理學、多樣性、公平與包容以及工作場所靈性。她的作品在學術和流行媒體上廣泛發表和引用。她撰寫了超過150篇學術文章，發表在《商業倫理期刊》（The Journal of Business Ethics）、《商業與社會》（Business and Society）、《國際組織分析期刊》（International Journal of Organizational Analysis）、《領導與組織發展期刊》（Leadership & Organization Development Journal）、《國際管理教育期刊》（The International Journal of Management Education）、《傳播管理期刊》（Journal of Communication Management）、《管理發展期刊》（Journal of Management Development）、《組織發展期刊》（Organization Development Journal）和《人力資源發展季刊》（Human Resource Development Quarterly）等知名學術期刊。

馬克斯博士（Joan Marques）已（共同）撰寫和（共同）編輯超過40本書籍，其中包括《工作中的變革與韌性手冊》（The Palgrave Handbook of Change and Resilience at Work, Palgrave MacMillan, 2025）；《獲得積極和正念自我領導》（GAIN Positive and Mindful Self-Leadership, Springer, 2024）；《工作中的成就、健康與個人成長手冊》（The Palgrave Handbook of Fulfillment, Wellness, and Personal Growth at Work, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023）；《在重大變革中的創新領導》（Innovative Leadership in Times of Compelling Changes, Springer, 2022）；《探索工作中的性別》（Exploring Gender at Work, Palgrave, 2021）；《積極領導與變革的新視野》（New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change, Springer, 2020）；以及《社會企業與企業社會責任》（Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, 2020）等。

《路特律工作幸福指南》（The Routledge Companion to Happiness at Work, 2020）；《路特律包容性領導指南》（The Routledge Companion to Inclusive Leadership, 2020）；《以心領導》（Lead with Heart in Mind, Springer, 2019）；《路特律管理與工作場所靈性指南》（The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality）；《參與式領導：通過未來導向設計進行轉型》（Engaged Leadership: Transforming through Future-Oriented Design，與薩廷德·迪曼（Satinder Dhiman）合著，Springer, 2018）；《道德領導：以道德羅盤推進》（Ethical Leadership, Progress with a Moral Compass, Routledge, 2017）；《領導力：在接受與雄心之間尋找平衡》（Leadership, Finding Balance Between Acceptance and Ambition, Routledge, 2016）；《當今領導力：個人與專業表現的實踐》（Leadership Today: Practices for Personal and Professional Performance，與薩廷德·迪曼合著，Springer, 2016）；《商業與佛教》（Business and Buddhism, Routledge, 2015）；以及《領導力與正念行為：行動、覺醒與商業》（Leadership and Mindful Behavior: Action, Wakefulness, and Business, Palgrave MacMillan, 2014）。

喬安目前擔任伍德伯里大學商學院的院長，位於加州伯班克，致力於將「有良知的商業」（Business with a Conscience）理念融入內部和外部利益相關者。她同時也是管理學的全職教授，教授與領導力、倫理、創造力、社會企業和組織行為相關的商業課程，涵蓋研究生和本科生課程。

喬安擁有荷蘭蒂爾堡大學老登多夫研究生院的社會科學博士學位（論文：管理中的佛教心理學），以及佩珀代因大學教育與心理學研究生院的組織領導博士學位（論文：工作場所靈性）。她還擁有伍德伯里大學的工商管理碩士學位和蘇里南MOC的商業經濟學學士學位。此外，她在杜蘭大學的弗里曼商學院完成了博士後研究。

馬克斯博士是管理學院管理、靈性與宗教（Management, Spirituality and Religion）分會的執行委員會成員，目前在領導力專案中任職，並擔任伯班克領導力（Leadership Burbank）和伯班克商會（Burbank Chamber of Commerce）的董事會成員。