If we all thought alike imagine how boring the world would be. It came in the wake of the events of 11 september 2001, and the unesco general conference, which was meeting for its 31st session, was the first ministeriallevel meeting to be held after those terrible events. Stephen butler, cochair of the businesshigher education forum, believes diversity is an invaluable competitive asset robinson 2002. One positive effect is that employees belonging to different cultures usually have different ways of thinking and can thus analyze a matter at hand from a variety of. Demonstrate positive responses to diversity whenever possible in the classroom engage in interactions with children that promote respect for diversity and value differences explore the culture, heritage, backgrounds and traditions of each child and family within the context of their community. The jstor archive is a trusted digital repository providing for longterm preservation and access to leading academic journals and scholarly.
Pdf the acceptance and management of cultural diversity have been promoted. Cultural diversity has more to do with our capacity to feel our way into alien. Examine the causes of cross cultural miscommunication and discover effective strategies for more effec tive methods of communicating. Examine ourselves as we relate to all forms of diversity. Creating and celebrating diversity in preschool classrooms. Many studies and articles lack explicit definitions of workforce diversity e. Diversity in the workforce journal of education and human. Understand the value of diversity and how it relates to the workplace. Investing in cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue the united. Culture is the lens with which we evaluate everything around us. Cultural diversity exists in many countries around the world, but it can be challenging and, at times, problematic. Workplace cultural diversity and productivity are closely related.
What is cultural diversity an article by michael soon. Through this lesson, youll learn how to define cultural diversity and explore. The unesco universal declaration on cultural diversity was adopted unanimously in a most unusual context. The impact of workplace diversity on organisations core. Journal of cultural diversity tucker publications, inc. Managing diversity is a key component of effective people management in the workplace black enterprise 2001. Benefits, challenges, and the required managerial tools 2 advantages. Kreitners definition emphasizes on three crucial issues about diversity management. List of books and articles about cultural diversity. Examine the causes of crosscultural miscommunication and discover effective. Cultural differences between people may include their language, beliefs, traditions and arts.
Article pdf available january 2007 with 16,254 reads. Article information, pdf download for cultural diversity and its impact on social interactive processes. Diversity has the potential to be highly advantageous to organizations. Diversity, workplace, cultural mentoring, organisation. If we are immersed in a culture that is unlike our own we may experience culture shock and become disoriented when we come into contact with a. View cultural diversity research papers on academia. Pdf understanding cultural diversity and diverse identities. The effects of cultural diversity in the workplace clute journals. The journal of cultural diversity jcd, published quarterly, is the journal of choice for. Cultural diversityworksheet we have presented a few scenarios below related to workplace diversity.
Demonstrate an increased understanding of interrelationships among race, culture, and ethnicity. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Cultural diversity makes the united states a much more interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants. Each culture has basic standards for social interaction such as personal space distance, eye. Pdf on nov 10, 2019, cong lin and others published understanding. In this article we report findings from three longitudinal studies carried out to understand the social interactive. But the potential benefits can only be realised if organisations foster a.
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