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Cultural Intelligence as a Prism between Workforce Diversity and Performance in a Modern Organization
Cultural Intelligence as a Prism between Workforce Diversity and Performance in a Modern Organization

Author(s): Kadri Karma, Rebekka Vedina
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: workforce diversity; values; cultural intelligence; multicultural organizations;

Summary/Abstract: In today’s globalizing world it is of importance for managers to manage the constantly growing workforce diversity. Besides the generally promoted idea of diversity management, often limited to fair employment, less attention has been paid to the advantages and hidden potentials of diversity. Previous research that has emphasized the link between diversity and organizational performance has indicated very different results. However it highlights mainly only the easily detectable level of diversity. In the present article a theoretical background is created proposing cultural intelligence as a tool linking different levels of workforce diversity and performance in organizations.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 527-542
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English