focusing on diversity in a Multicultural employee group—The case of an Engineering Consultancy in London

Georgios Xanthakis
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Despite the increasing research on work diversity, diversity itself remains an ambivalent term due to the various and in some cases even conflicting ways in which scholars conceptualize its nature (Janssens & Zanoni, 2005). A Literature Review of the relevant literature illustrates four main streams. The first one considers diversity as a concept with static nature and treats it as a measurable variable (Cox, 1993) while the second addresses the dynamic, socially constructed nature of diversity (Barinaga, 2007). A third stream of research explores both the dynamic and multiple nature of workgroup diversity while the last school acknowledges the dynamic, shifting relationship between the diversity categories focusing on issues of inequality and discrimination (Holvino, 2010).The aim of this study is to contribute to the current diversity research by exploring from an a posteriori direction how the employees in a multicultural group perceive their group diversity during their everyday working life. In doing so, a research is conducted in engineering consultancy, to explore how the employees actively construct their workgroup diversity. Above research, drawing on the assumption that reality is social construction (Berger & Luckmann, 1966) shows diversity and identity as socially constructed concepts that should be identified from an a posteriori direction. The research questions guiding the narrative analysis shows that members’ differentiation is dynamic and changes over time during their everyday project group life.
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关注多元文化员工群体的多样性--伦敦一家工程咨询公司的案例
尽管对工作多样性的研究越来越多,但多样性本身仍然是一个矛盾的术语,因为学者们对其性质的概念有各种不同的理解,在某些情况下甚至是相互冲突的(Janssens & Zanoni, 2005)。相关文献综述显示了四个主要流派。第一种流派认为多样性是一个具有静态性质的概念,并将其视为一个可测量的变量(Cox, 1993),第二种流派则探讨了多样性的动态和社会建构性质(Barinaga, 2007)。第三种研究流派探讨了工作群体多样性的动态和多重性质,而最后一种研究流派则承认多样性类别之间的动态变化关系,重点关注不平等和歧视问题(Holvino,2010 年)。本研究的目的是从后验方向探讨多元文化群体中的员工在日常工作生活中如何看待其群体多样性,从而为当前的多样性研究做出贡献。为此,我们在工程咨询公司开展了一项研究,探讨员工如何积极构建其工作群体的多样性。上述研究基于 "现实是社会建构的 "这一假设(Berger & Luckmann,1966 年),表明多样性和身份认同是社会建构的概念,应从后验的方向加以识别。指导叙事分析的研究问题表明,成员的差异化是动态的,在日常项目小组生活中会随着时间的推移而变化。
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