Diversity in the Workplace: Benefits, Challenges, and the Required Managerial Tools

Green, Kelli A.; López, Mayra; Wysocki, Allen F.; Kepner, Karl

doi:10.32473/edis-hr022-2002

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“…A diverse workforce, and also diverse by disabilities such as ASD, is a reflection of a changing world. Most workplaces are made up of diversity, so there is no doubt that organizations need to learn how to adapt to be successful (Green et al, 2002). Wide usage of AT for employees with ASD can become an important element of companies’ diversity policies.…”

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Employees With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment: Perspectives for the Future

Tomczak

2020

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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The aim of this article is to examine the opportunities for employees with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), arising from digital technology (DT) development. The author discusses assistive technology (AT) as a mean of creating a better work environment, making the digitized workplace more friendly for people with ASD. A possible solution of communication problems is replacing the interpersonal communication between employees with electronic (non-direct) forms of communication, such as online communicators or chatbots. Another solution is the implementation of wearable electronic systems, monitoring stress levels and facilitating effective stress control. In the future, the whole digitized workplace could be designed according to a “smart workplace” concept. Sensors recording various human body parameters could be connected to a network with sensors recording physical parameters of the work environment (temperature, humidity, noise, smell, sunlight exposure) and also with controllers of its values, adjusting it dynamically to reduce distracting factors. As a result, communication, stress management, and sensory sensitiveness problems could be limited, improving the work comfort of people with ASD, and their colleagues. The pertinence of solutions proposed was also confirmed by the experts interviewed in the field who were asked to assess it in the context of future implementation.

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Employees With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment: Perspectives for the Future

Tomczak

2020

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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“…It is for this reason that diversity management appears to have assumed significant importance in management literature in recent times with various academics from across a wide spectrum of interrelated intellectual disciplines researching and examining the concept from different perspectives. They include Ikeije and Lekan-Akomolafe (2015), Green et al (2015), Edewor et al (2014), Wambui et al (2013), Olsen and Martins (2012), Panda (2010), Henry and Evans (2007), as well as Edewor and Aluko (2007), among others.…”

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Managing Diversity for Organizational Efficiency

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The article examined “managing diversity for organizational efficiency.” It sought to find out the extent to which diversity management influences organizational efficiency through the management of conflict, cultural diversity, and employees’ perception of marginalization as well as teamwork and employee work attitude. The survey design was employed. A sample of 178 respondents from nine multinational companies in south-south Nigeria was employed. Research data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, with diversity management and organizational efficiency serving as latent variables. The results show that the management of cultural diversity, employees’ perception of marginalization, and conflict significantly influences diversity management. Furthermore, diversity management and teamwork significantly influence organizational efficiency. The need for managers of diverse workforces to give priority to diversity management, to ensure its effective implementation, was suggested, among others.

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“…Arrangement and furniture layout, according to a function, provide comfort and flexibility in working and moving officers [8][52] [53]. A good office space arrangement results in an adaptive and interactive atmosphere [9] [54]. Therefore, communication and interaction between officers are well connected and easily accessible.…”

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Systematic assessment with "POE" method in office buildings cases study on the redesign results of office interior after occupied and operated

Asep¹,

Nurrahman²,

Farah³

2021

J Appl Eng Science

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An office is a center of operations where various activities take place, depending on the business conducted. Office conditions determine the credibility and synergy of business entity, as well as the officers' performance and productivity. This study formulates an interior design concept based on the Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE), with Mixed Methods Research (MMR) approach, which emphasizes the empirical meaning based on relevant field data. The research object is the Haleyora Powerindo (HPI) office building in Jakarta. MMR approach ensures the significance level of the work environment quality in the room and the workplace, as well as the officers' performance. The first step was analyzing the spatial conditions in the field based on standardization, which was conducted according to the satisfaction survey of officers. The results show that the work environment quality is high and responds positively. According to the workplace quality, satisfaction is mainly related to workspace area and quality, comfort and style of furniture, circulation, and accessibility to the work table, effectiveness and efficiency of workplace layout, ICT implementation, and HVAC and maintenance. Social space and entertainment facilities provide flexibility in interacting between officers of different divisions that were not in the previous office. Based on the results of multiple regression calculations, the in-door environment (IEQ) and the officer workspace (WQ) quality have a significant effect on officer performance (OP). These are 3 main factors critical in conducting systematic evaluations to obtain results from office space design. This study is expected to be a strategic reference for planning and designing a similar spatial atmosphere in different locations or cases

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Diversity in the Workplace: Benefits, Challenges, and the Required Managerial Tools

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Employees With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment: Perspectives for the Future

Employees With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Digitized Work Environment: Perspectives for the Future

Managing Diversity for Organizational Efficiency

Systematic assessment with "POE" method in office buildings cases study on the redesign results of office interior after occupied and operated

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