Managing Cultural Diversity: Challenges and Strategies for the Italian Context

Abstract

Diversity Management has evolved in recent years trying to include different categories of diversities. Despite the good intention, in the Italian scenario policies and practices are still focused mainly on gender and disability and little has been done to include and develop strategies to promote and value cultural diversity, especially due to the increase of foreign workers. Through the discussion of the preliminary results of a questionnaire submitted to HR managers working in Italy, the authors' aim is to show the challenges faced by different organisations and the strategies that have been put in place to address cultural diversity and inclusion at the workplace.