Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations, Tenth Edition

Ethnic Implications

Only in recent years has a major attitude change come about in the United States, getting away from what some had envisioned the nation would become—one culture, with a single language and distinct traditions. Instead, today the U.S. is like a “great mosaic” created out of different cultures, and most businesses have made concerted efforts to truly address the diverse issues associated with this change.

International business, e-commerce, and the increased awareness of the critical need to promote diversity in the workplace have opened up opportunities for women and other minority groups especially in positions of authority which traditionally have been dominated by white males. More and more companies, within and outside ...