Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 14/e

Other Differentiating Characteristics

The last set of characteristics we’ll look at includes religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and cultural identity. These characteristics illustrate deep-level differences that provide opportunities for workplace diversity, as long as discrimination can be overcome.

Religion

Not only do religious and nonreligious people question each other’s belief systems, often people of different religious faiths conflict with one another. There are few—if any—countries in which religion is a nonissue in the workplace. For this reason, employers are prohibited by law from discriminating against employees based ...