ABSTRACT
Employee diversity concerns the distribution of personal attributes among members of an organization or work unit. Contemporary workplace diversity and inclusion policies and practices began to emerge in the United States in 1964 when Congress passed Public Law. Workforce diversity is a relatively new phenomenon. Labor market reform in many parts of the world facilitated migration, allowing citizens of one country to seek employment in other countries. The globalization of product and service markets created a demand for a more global workforce, one able to provide the organization with the social and cultural capital necessary to compete in increasingly dynamic global markets. Organizations now staff virtual development teams with employees positioned in development centers around the world. Underlying the bulk of the research on diversity are the theories of social identity and social categorization. Accordingly, organizational demography body of research focuses on how age diversity or intergenerational differences affect communication and information elaboration in the firm.
