Articles on Organizational Diversity

Introduction to Organizational Diversity – Meaning and Important Concepts

We often hear the term “diversity” bandied about in our everyday usage. Usually, when we come across the term, it...

Benefits of Organizational Diversity

Why do you think an individual is recruited? Is it because he/she is qualified enough to do justice to a...

Role of Management in Managing Organizational Diversity

Organizational diversity enables individuals from diverse backgrounds, religions, communities, age groups, experiences, and educational qualifications to work on a common...

Organizational Diversity: Ideal vs Practice

The previous articles introduced the concept of organizational diversity and how the various supporting laws and regulations square up against...

Diversity and Inclusivity as a Value Based Imperative

Diversity and inclusivity in organizations have to be practiced instead of being preached. This is because they are concepts that...

Organizational Diversity – Fostering an Inclusive Environment

The question that is uppermost on business leaders’ mind is how to foster an inclusive environment as the current environment...

Communicating Across Cultures

In these times when global corporations operate in many countries across the world, it is important for the employees in...

Intercultural Communication: The Hofstede Model

One of the most widely used frameworks for analyzing cultural differences is the model developed by the eminent cultural theorist,...

Hofstede’s Cultural Framework as Applied to China

Hofstede’s Cultural Framework The Hofstede’s framework is a measure for assessing the impact of cultural values on the workplace behavior...

Recruiting a Diverse Team

The previous articles in this module discussed how diversity as a core value is important for organizations. We have also...

Managing Diversity at the Workplace

The previous articles in this module discussed the ways and means of attracting diversity and how to recruit diverse teams....

The Business Case for Organizational Diversity

The Business Case for Diversity The articles in this module so far have focused on how organizational diversity makes eminent...

The Practice of Organizational Diversity around the World

Organizational Diversity in the West The practice of organizational diversity in contemporary organizations around the world offers some insights into...

Lessons from Cutting Edge Research on Gender Diversity

Introduction Statistics show that only 49 percent of all Fortune 1000 companies have women on their senior management and that...

Challenges in Organizational Diversity

According to organizational diversity, individuals from diverse backgrounds, religions, communities, age groups, genders come together on a common platform to...

Role of Communication in Managing Organizational Diversity

Communication is indeed an effective tool which plays an important role in binding employees together. Communication plays a crucial role...

Falling Gender Ratio and Ways to Prevent the Decline in Numbers of Women

While the gender ratio was hovering around 930-950 throughout the earlier decades when there were fewer women than men as...

How to Spot Signs of Sexual Harassment and Act on Them

Ever since the allegations against the famous (now infamous) Hollywood celebrity, Harvey Weinstein, about sexual harassment broke out, there has...

Why Organizations Need to Shed Patriarchic Mindset for Better Diversity and Inclusivity

High Sounding Rhetoric and the Reality of Diversity and Inclusivity Diversity and Inclusivity (D&I) is on everyone’s mind. With the...

What is a Diversity Scorecard? Meaning, the Glass Ceiling Problem, and Why It Matters

The Glass Ceiling and the Persistent Problem of Gender Discrimination More often than not, corporates pay lip service to gender...

Is Government Mandated Maternity Leave Really a Solution?

Maternity laws around the world have become increasingly progressive. In many countries, labour laws mandate that all women employees be...

LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion: What the Data Shows and What Actually Counts

LGBTQ+ inclusion is frequently discussed in the language of values and culture. What gets discussed less is that it is...

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