Transnational Firms and Cultural Diversity

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199547029.003.0025 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Helen De Cieri

Keyword(s):

Human Resource Management ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Human Resource ◽

Culturally Diverse ◽

Social Economic ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

Technological Changes ◽

Critical Aspect ◽

Diversity Issues ◽

Culturally Diverse Populations

Globalization has impacted significantly on many firms, with substantial implications for human resource management (HRM). Geopolitical, social, economic, and technological changes have created opportunities for managers and employees to interact with culturally diverse populations. The development of cultural diversity in the workforce presents substantial and complex challenges for HR scholars and managers as they strive to determine the potential implications of cultural diversity for firm effectiveness. This article examines cultural diversity issues, which are increasingly viewed as a critical aspect of management in transnational firms.

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Ethnic Content in Rehabilitation Journals

Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling ◽

10.1891/0047-2220.27.3.26 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 26-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robin Perkins Gordon ◽

Jeanne Boland Patterson

Keyword(s):

Cultural Diversity ◽

Culturally Diverse ◽

Positive Sign ◽

Rehabilitation Services ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

Rehabilitation Professionals ◽

Diversity Issues ◽

Culturally Diverse Populations ◽

Primary Focus

Given the ethnicity of many consumers, cultural diversity issues deserve scholarly debate, discussion, and investigation in the professional rehabilitation literature. This study, which investigated the prevalence of refereed articles with a primary focus on cultural diversity in four major rehabilitation journals, found only a small percentage of articles on ethnicity between 1980 and 1993. Because information and research on cultural diversity issues significantly impact the ability of rehabilitation professionals to effectively serve culturally diverse populations, the increased percentage of articles between 1990 and 1993 is a positive sign for both consumers and providers of rehabilitation services.

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Drinking the Koran: The meaning of Koranic verses in Berti erasure

Africa ◽

10.2307/1160175 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 414-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Abdullahi Osman El-Tom

Keyword(s):

Cultural Diversity ◽

Culturally Diverse ◽

Local Level ◽

Muslim World ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

False Image ◽

Culturally Diverse Populations ◽

Prophetic Tradition ◽

Great Tradition ◽

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Opening ParagraphIslam, probably more than any other religion, connotes the image of a great tradition which has imposed itself on culturally diverse populations and gradually united them in a monolithic belief whose basic tenets stem from the Koran and the prophetic tradition. This image is bolstered by the fact that, despite the recognized cultural diversity of the Muslim world (see Geertz, 1968) which has been perpetuated through the differing interpretations of Islam embodied in its holy text, little research has been done on the meaning of the Koranic text at the local level. The lack of such research, in its own turn, perpetuates the false image of a uniform meaning of the Koranic text throughout the Muslim world.

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