Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Running Head: CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
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1CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
The term ‘cultural diversity’ refers to the assimilation of a group of individuals who
belong to different society or culture. Cultural diversity is determined in terms of the
difference in language, religion, ethnicity, race, age, gender and sexual orientation of people
(Payne, et al., 2018). With the advent of globalisation organisations started welcome people
from different cultural background as employees. The purpose of this study is to discuss
cultural diversity in the workplace with reference to the four component of culture- health
beliefs and practices, family Pattern, communication style, death and dying practices.
Four elements of culture
Health beliefs and practices are very important element of culture. Several research
has been conducted on the health beliefs and practices in the culture of England. The studies
have revealed that, unlike the people of the developing and Asian countries, people in Britain
do not nourish fatalistic, social and supernatural beliefs about health issues. The Islamic,
Asian migrants celebrate their supernatural beliefs regarding menstruation, pregnancy and
birth and death through different kinds of rituals. For example, the Islamic migrant women
who are pregnant may not agree for a regular check-up as according to their beliefs this may
herm the baby inside the womb (Barak, 2016).
The impact of this health beliefs and practices on the workplace can be explained with
the help of an example. Companies in England, that provide free health check-up services to
the employees may point out that due to the fasts during Ramadan months the Islamic
migrant employees are falling seek and this in turn is curbing their productivity. In this case,
they may advise Islamic migrant employees to consume nutritious food and stay healthy. The
Islamic migrant employees may not follow such advices as this may prove that he or she is
not fully devoted to the almighty (Li, 2017).