{"id":227,"date":"2020-05-27T23:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/?p=227"},"modified":"2020-05-30T22:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T22:04:12","slug":"responses-week-of-5-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/2020\/05\/27\/responses-week-of-5-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Responses- Week of 5\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to the topic of diversity<\/u>, most of us will readily agree that it is an important and healthy part society and culture<\/u>. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question of organizational culture<\/u>. Whereas some are convinced that a Value-in-Homogeneity policy is best for an organization and its culture<\/u>, others maintain that a Multiculturalism or Value-in-Individual Differences policy is better for minority employees, the organization and its culture<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I used a sentence outline designed to open a debate to describe Gundemir et al\u2019s research. It worked for my sentence because, as a minority, I am biased towards multiculturalism-focused organizations, which the sentence demonstrates. It also worked because the results of Gundemir et al\u2019s research did support the hypothesis that \u201cminorities [would] report more positive leadership self-perceptions and leadership-related goals\u201d in a company focused on multiculturalism rather than homogeneity, so it\u2019s likely that many believe Multiculturalism or Value-in-Individual Differences is better for an organization\u2019s minority employees.<\/p>\n

I found that the messages behind the Gundemir et al article and the article from last week about organizational diversity were similar in that both articles were ultimately promoting the acceptance of diversity in the workplace. As a minority, reading both of these articles was refreshing since I had never really thought about diversity in a business setting and it felt like the authors of both articles had a mindset similar to mine. In my limited experience working at FedEx and Costco, I hadn\u2019t heard anything about company diversity policies, but there were policies about harassment and respecting other people and their cultures. I hadn’t noticed in the moment, but since reading these articles and thinking about my coworkers, almost everyone I worked with at FedEx was different from me, whether they were a different race, religion, or sexual orientation versus Costco where everyone was relatively similar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to the topic of diversity, most of us will readily agree that it is an important and healthy part society and culture. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question of organizational culture. Whereas some are convinced that a Value-in-Homogeneity policy is best for an organization and its culture, others … <\/p>\n

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