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Unlocking the Potential of Diversity in Organisations#TheSinsOfOurFathers

Unlocking the Potential of Diversity in Organisations: #TheSinsOfOurFathers [The counterparts of diversity and inclusion are conflict and exclusion. The essence of diversity is its distinction from convention. Their impact results in marginalisation and discrimination, leading to behaviours that avoid confrontation and obstacles to integration. They cause those of a dominant culture to adopt behaviours that enforce convention and limit challenge; to maintain the status quo of institutional power and the privileges of the established majority. Managing inclusion requires an understanding of what it means to be excluded. Most people understand stereotypes and prejudice, yet have minimal experience of what it feels like to be subject to them. Diversity is to be different. Inclusion is to accept every individual as unique. Diversity challenges convention and, unless correctly managed, creates conflict. For the organisation, individualism is an opportunity or a threat. For the individual, it is to refute social conformity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Unlocking the Potential of Diversity in Organisations#TheSinsOfOurFathers

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-10401-5
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3 –13
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10.1007/978-3-031-10402-2_1
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[The counterparts of diversity and inclusion are conflict and exclusion. The essence of diversity is its distinction from convention. Their impact results in marginalisation and discrimination, leading to behaviours that avoid confrontation and obstacles to integration. They cause those of a dominant culture to adopt behaviours that enforce convention and limit challenge; to maintain the status quo of institutional power and the privileges of the established majority. Managing inclusion requires an understanding of what it means to be excluded. Most people understand stereotypes and prejudice, yet have minimal experience of what it feels like to be subject to them. Diversity is to be different. Inclusion is to accept every individual as unique. Diversity challenges convention and, unless correctly managed, creates conflict. For the organisation, individualism is an opportunity or a threat. For the individual, it is to refute social conformity.]

Published: Sep 29, 2022

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