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What is Workforce Diversity

Chapter 6
Strategic Collaborative Innovations in Organizational Systems
The similarities and differences among people employed within an organization. Aspects of workplace diversity may include age, race, gender, personality, religion, sexual orientation, and education.
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Workforce Diversity: Gaining the Competitive Advantage
Kuda Mupepi (S. James School of Medicine, USA), Tatenda Mupepi (S. James School of Medicine, USA), and Clara Mupepi (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7390-6.ch006
Abstract
The growing acceptance of marrying across racial and ethnic lines (as reflected in US census statistics) together with the growth of demographic changes across workplaces is fueling fears among some who see their culture being threatened and react by engaging in overt discrimination. One concern regards employers having access to databases containing talented individuals who are ready to work. Their choices hinge on the abilities required to further their enterprise. Paradoxically, a business's culture's greatest strength could be its greatest weakness when not consistent with sound business strategies. Moreover, when such a culture prevents a firm from meeting competitive threats, this can lead to the firm's stagnation and ultimate demise. Diversity has never been thought of as a strategy until now. This chapter explores workforce diversity.
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Chapter 21
Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Volunteerism
Similarities and differences including all characteristics and experiences of employees including age, cultural background, physical abilities and disabilities, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.
Published in Chapter: Leveraging Workforce Diversity through Volunteerism; From: Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
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A History of How U.S. Academics, Laws, and Business Have Created the Current Approach to Organizational Diversity: Visual, Innovative, and All-Inclusive Multiculturalism
The systematic and planned commitment by the organization to recruit, retain, reward, and promote a heterogeneous mix of employees.
Published in Chapter: A History of How U.S. Academics, Laws, and Business Have Created the Current Approach to Organizational Diversity: Visual, Innovative, and All-Inclusive Multiculturalism; From: Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality
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Chapter 12
Leveraging Workforce Diversity using a Multidimensional Approach
The division of the workforce into distinct categories that (a) have a perceived commonality within a given cultural or national context and that (b) impact potentially harmful or beneficial employment outcomes such as job opportunities, treatment in the workplace, and promotion prospects—irrespective of job-related skills and qualifications
Published in Chapter: Leveraging Workforce Diversity using a Multidimensional Approach; From: Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
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