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Diversity and Its Management in Organizations

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Heterogeneity in organizations

Definition

Diversity refers to understanding uniqueness of individuals within organizations

Introduction

Due to increased workforce mobility, migration, and internationalization of education curricula, diversity in the workforce in terms of social identity categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation has become a prime concern for today’s organizations in both the public and private sector. In today’s globalized world, organizations need to attract and maintain a diverse workforce to make use of its differentiated knowledge, skills, and capabilities (Ortlieb and Sieben 2014; Romani et al. 2016; Janssens and Zanoni 2014). Diversity in the workforce can be defined in terms of social identity categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, and class and has become a prime concern for organizations in both the public and private sector because today’s globalized organizations need a diverse workforce in terms of...

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  1. Department of Organisation, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Lotte Holck

  2. Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Sara Louise Muhr

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    Ali Farazmand

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Holck, L., Muhr, S.L. (2016). Diversity and Its Management in Organizations. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2477-1

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