Equality and Diversity in the Workplace Research Project 2022

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..........................................................................................................3
Research background..........................................................................................................3
Research problem.................................................................................................................4
Research aim.........................................................................................................................4
Research objectives..............................................................................................................4
Research questions...............................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Literature review..................................................................................................5
Equality in the workplace....................................................................................................5
Diversity in the workplace...................................................................................................5
Procedures in the workplace...............................................................................................5
Impact of equality and diversity on workplace performance..........................................5

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Importance of equality and diversity within the workplace
Chapter 1: Introduction
The research proposal presents us about an idea about the different types of issues and
challenges that may arise out of the management of diversity and equality within the
workplace of the organisation. It will also shed light on how the problems and challenges can
be resolved and thus create a positive impact on the overall performance of the organisation
as a whole (Hideg & Ferris, 2016). The issues and challenges within the workplace of UAE
and other counties as well need to be resolved to ensure better communication and working
as an unit too.
Research background
The background of research highlights the issues and challenges that may be
experienced by the organisation related to the equality and diversity management, which even
creating enough scopes and opportunities to ensure that the workplace becomes diverse for
meeting the business requirements. It has been found that the issue and problems that
challenge the equality and diversity management within the workplace are related to the
demographics such as the age, gender, colour, race or ethnicity and even those who suffer
from some kinds of disabilities (Sharma, 2016). It has been found that within the workplace,
the male employees are provided with more scopes and opportunities as well as leadership
roles than the female employees while the companies, nowadays, have even looked at more
experienced teams consisting of members with vast knowledge and skills rather than focusing
on the formation of a youthful team. On the contrary, there are also situations where the
companies look for young generation people as part of the workplace and in such cases, the
older individuals were ignored or even the existing employees are replaced with new and
young employees, which could also be a form of discrimination within the workplace. During
the process of recruitment and selection also, the diversity within the workplace has been

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considered as males seemed to dominate while the women were found in lesser numbers due
to their inferiority considered by many of the companies (Altawyan, 2017). The individuals
with some kind of disability have also been discriminated and not considered as a part of the
social group, which often led to isolation and poor management diversity and equality within
the UAE workplaces and in other countries too. Thus, the background of research also
presents an idea about how the companies must promote diversity an equality by allowing
equal opportunities as well as benefits provided to each and every organisational member,
regardless of their age, background, ethnicity, gender, colour, etc. This would create a diverse
set of ideas and opinions that could benefit the organisation in the process of strategic
decision making process too (Anderson, 2015).
Research problem
The problem of the research is related to the various issues and challenges
experienced within the workplace due to the differences in age, background, race, religion,
colour, gender or ethnicity. As represented in the background of the research, often inequality
within the workplace has been a major challenge or problem dealt with by the companies and
so the management of diversity should be focused on by the companies (Hoque & Bacon,
2014). With the management of equal opportunities provided to the employees, regardless of
whether male or female memebrs and by recruiting a talent pool consisting of people from
diverse backgrounds, it would be much easier to acquire different sets of ideas and opinions.
This could help in strategic decision making and at the same time, allow the company to
foster the development of a healthy work culture, whether diversity is being promoted along
with facilitating better coordination and working as an unit too (Al-Jenaibi, 2017).
Research aim
The aim of the research is to analyse the issue and challenges experienced out of
equality and diversity within the workplaces of UAE and other countries and then implement