Effects Of Cultural Diversity In The Workplace
A culturally diverse workplace empowers people to develop their talents and skills. A range of ideas and expertise enables those to learn from a more diverse collection of colleagues. It can also boost problem-solving capabilities and increase happiness and productivity.
What is cultural diversity in the workplace?
Cultural diversity in the workplace is when companies are open to hiring employees from all sorts of different backgrounds; regardless of race, religion and culture. When companies recruit and retain a diverse pool of people, it brings about different benefits to the company as well as its employees.
Benefits:
01.Diverse cultural perspectives can inspire creativity and drive innovation
02.Local market knowledge and insight makes a business more competitive and profitable
03.Cultural sensitivity, insight, and local knowledge means higher quality, targeted marketing
04.Drawing from a culturally diverse talent pool allows an organization to attract and retain the best talent
05.A diverse skills base allows an organization to offer a broader and more adaptable range of products and services
06.Diverse teams are more productive and perform better
07.Greater opportunity for personal and professional growth
Challenges:
08.Colleagues from some cultures may be less likely to let their voices be heard
09.Integration across multicultural teams can be difficult in the face of prejudice or negative cultural stereotypes
10.Professional communication can be misinterpreted or difficult to understand across languages and cultures
11.Navigating visa requirements, employment laws, and the cost of accommodating workplace requirements can be difficult
12.Different understandings of professional etiquette
13.Conflicting working styles across teams
Conclusion
Cultural diversity in the workplace has grown as a trend over the passage of time with the increase of globalization in the world. 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 perspectives. This is hard to achieve when employees belonging to the same culture are asked to analyze the same matter.
Reference
Martin, G. C. (2014). The Effects Of Cultural Diversity In The Workplace. Journal of Diversity Management (JDM), 9(2), 89–92. https://doi.org/10.19030/jdm.v9i2.8974
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