Organizational diversity learning framework: Going beyond diversity training programs

• Main Authors: Fujimoto, Yuka *, Hartel, Charmine E. J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2017
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/540/1/Fujimoto%20Organizational%20diversity%20learning%20framework.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/540/; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0048-3486.htm
• Institution: Sunway University

To overcome the shortcomings of diversity training programs, this paper conceptualizes an organizational diversity-learning framework, which features an organizational structural intervention for employees’ joint decision-making process with other employees from different statuses and roles. By integrating diversity learning, deliberative democracy theories, and organizational diversity integration and learning perspectives, we make a theoretical and practical contribution to employees’ behavioral, cognitive, and attitudinal diversity in learning to work more effectively with different employees. We conclude with directions for future research.