Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance

Workforce diversity has become an important issue in Malaysia as it is essentially linked to organisational performance. This implies that organizations should be more competitive in today’s globalisation. Thus workforce diversity is one of the fundamental solutions to enter the international arena...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Maimunah, Arokiasamy, Lawrence
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Language:English
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Published: Eurojournals 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/1/Workforce%20Diversity.pdf
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description Workforce diversity has become an important issue in Malaysia as it is essentially linked to organisational performance. This implies that organizations should be more competitive in today’s globalisation. Thus workforce diversity is one of the fundamental solutions to enter the international arena. Specifically, organisations must invest necessary resources on workforce diversity in order to create opportunities for organisational performance. This article examines the extent to which workforce diversity has a direct impact on organisational performance. Finally, this article suggests that organisations should meaningfully redefine the notion of workforce diversity by reconsidering their broader theoretical underpinnings for a better human resource development practice.
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spelling upm-177862015-10-01T04:18:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/ Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance Ismail, Maimunah Arokiasamy, Lawrence Workforce diversity has become an important issue in Malaysia as it is essentially linked to organisational performance. This implies that organizations should be more competitive in today’s globalisation. Thus workforce diversity is one of the fundamental solutions to enter the international arena. Specifically, organisations must invest necessary resources on workforce diversity in order to create opportunities for organisational performance. This article examines the extent to which workforce diversity has a direct impact on organisational performance. Finally, this article suggests that organisations should meaningfully redefine the notion of workforce diversity by reconsidering their broader theoretical underpinnings for a better human resource development practice. Eurojournals 2008 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/1/Workforce%20Diversity.pdf Ismail, Maimunah and Arokiasamy, Lawrence (2008) Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance. European Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (2). pp. 244-251. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss%206%202.pdf English
spellingShingle Ismail, Maimunah
Arokiasamy, Lawrence
Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title_full Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title_fullStr Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title_full_unstemmed Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title_short Workforce Diversity: A Human Resource Development Perspective Towards Organizational Performance
title_sort workforce diversity: a human resource development perspective towards organizational performance
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17786/1/Workforce%20Diversity.pdf