Exploring the Beneficial Imperatives of Workplace Diversity to Employees and Organizations in a Globalized Economy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31150/ajshr.v4i6.2311Keywords:
Diversity, Workplace, Employees, Organizations, GlobalizationAbstract
The modern workplaces consist of various cultures, genders, ages, religions, and ethnicities. This diverse work environment provides opportunities for employers and managers to create and promote organizational strategies that value and manage diversity while limiting barriers and prejudices. This paper explored the beneficial imperatives of workplace diversity to employees and organizations in a globalized economy. In order to actualize the phenomena under study, this paper relied on secondary sources of data collection which consist of published books and journal articles. Systems theory was adopted as the theory suitable to guide this paper. The paper concludes that in recent times, workplace diversity has characterized most contemporary organizations with its attendant challenges and rising complications. Despite the shortfalls of diversity, there are obvious benefits that can make a diverse workforce yield a constructive outcome. This is what makes a diverse workforce striking in the contemporary global environment. The paper recommends among others that, for organizations to effectively compete and succeed in the current global economic climate there is need for adherence to workplace diversity as this would lead to organizations to actualize increased competitive climate of global business and organizational viability.
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