The complex concept of sustainable of diversity management

Abstract

Purpose -Explores the notion of sustainable diversity-management practices.Design/methodology/approach -Summarizes research into the sustainability of diversity management across four countries and provides examples of efforts to maintain high levels of diversity. Over the past 30 years substantial changes in the composition of the workforce have come about through the recognition of diversity, which embraces disability, gender, age, ethnic group, sexual orientation and cultural orientations (Bleijenbergh, Peters and Poutsma, 2010;Foster and Harris, 2005). FindingsAs a result, we told a conference named "Diversity: a Practitioner's Journey", held at Middlesex University, London, there has been a shift in what these differences mean for organizations and how they use various management techniques to engage with the differences within the labor market, workplace and marketplace (Bjerregaard and Lauring, 2013).