Diversity in the Workplace and Its Significance to Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Ethics

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Organizational Behavior and Management 1
Diversity in the Workplace and Its Significance to Organizational Behavior,
Leadership, and Ethics
One of the main secrets of top organizations’ success is diversity. It provides an
opportunity to solve issues and challenges from different perspectives and come up with a better
solution. In addition, a diverse workforce is skilled, experienced, and talented in varying fields.
This makes approaches more innovative (Bond and Haynes, 2014). Although many leading
organizations succeed because of workplace diversity there are many others who fail because of
mismanagement of this diversity. A company that has a diverse workforce has people from
different ethnicities, religions, gender, age groups, skin color, and more. Sometimes, it is difficult
to coordinate and manage with other members of the organization. However, if the diversity is
managed properly by the leader along with proper ethics, it can be a real advantage.
Diversity in the workplace is a strong attribute of organizational behavior. Different
people have different perceptions and attitudes towards it. Having a diverse workforce and a
positive organizational culture is like having half the success achieved. There can be many
barriers when it comes to diversity, i.e. the age gap, gender bias, cultural differences, language
issues, and much more. When people cannot communicate properly, they will face issues in
coordinating as a team. A young employee will have a different outlook and approach towards
the challenges as compared to an elderly employee. In fact, gender bias is a very common
problem that is faced by almost all organizations. It affects organizational behavior to a great
extent and therefore, it is vital that the leader and the management take initiatives to promote a
healthy organizational culture and workplace diversity (Clarke, 2011). With the help of proper
training and development programs, these issues can be overcome. The employees and the leader