Defining Diversity in a
Global Context Prejudice and Discrimination
Workforce Diversity Defined
- 1.The
concept of workforce diversity does not travel well
across cultural and national boundaries.
- 2.While
the U.S. human resource connotation to the word diversity is
gradually catching on in many parts of the world—the European Community,
South Africa, and India are some examples—specific definitions may be
different.
- 3.In recent years, research and scholarly work on diversity has been generated in parts of the world other than the United States.
- 4.Consequently,
there is a growing need for a broader and more inclusive definition of
diversity that will allow both scientists and practitioners to
communicate clearly across cultural and national boundaries.
- 5.A
review of the business, organization, and human resource literature
produced three types of definitions of diversity:
- complete case study is attached below
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