April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
8h 47m
English
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6 Career Development and Diverse Populations
It has become almost cliché to say that we live and work in a diverse global society. Researchers no longer refer to a diverse workplace as an emerging idea but acknowledge it as a certainty. “Diversity in the labour market has been increasing in all advanced industrialized economies and it is one of the main drivers of change in the world of work” (Kirton, 2021, p. 49). Systems also grasp this reality and may be drawn to considering diversity as a means to:
- maintain global competitiveness (appealing to niche markets, harnessing the creativity of multiple perspectives),
- attract and retain the best employees (noting the changing demographics of the workforce),
- enhance ...