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The world economic environment has changed significantly over the last decade. Globalization has had a major impact on the manpower of many companies. These companies now hire employees who come from many countries and from different cultures. Consequently, the management of diversity has become a significant concern for a majority of multinationals. Unfortunately, the concept of diversity is not very well understood and its management is, therefore, mysterious and quite difficult to grasp. Even if the majority of these companies agree on the need for promoting diversity, only few of them manage to take concrete measures.
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Boisard-Castelluccia, S. (2007). Managing Demographical Diversity — A Way of Improving the Learning and Performance of Top Management Teams. In: Wagner, D., Voigt, BF. (eds) Diversity-Management als Leitbild von Personalpolitik. DUV. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9610-3_7
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