The cultural diversity of employees as an issue of organizational behavior
Vol. 20 Iss. 2 pp. 91–96 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work | ISSN: 1993-8101
Abstract
The article is devoted to one of the most actual issues of organizational behavior – cultural diversity of employees. Cultural diversity is a key resource of modern society. Authors analyze the most important Western con-cepts of cultural diversity (Benedict, R. F., Kluckhohn, F. and Strodtbeck, F., Hall, E., Hofstede, G., Lewis, R.). Taking into account the factor of cultural diversity the main directions of effective HRM policy implementation are proposed
Keywords
culture, cultural diversity, multiculturalism, HRM policy
Citation
Platonov Y., Kucherov D. Kul'turnoe raznoobrazie personala kak problema organizacionnogo povedeniya [The cultural diversity of employees as an issue of organizational behavior]. Uchenyye zapiski Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo instituta psikhologii i sotsialnoy raboty — Scientifc Notes Journal of St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work, 2013, 20, 2, pp. 91–96 (in Russian)
Citation — Harvard Notation
Platonov, YU.P. and Kucherov, D.G. (2013), "The cultural diversity of employees as an issue of organizational behavior", Uchenyye zapiski Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo instituta psikhologii i sotsialnoy raboty, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 91–96
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