Diversity Management and Demographic Differences-based Discrimination:
The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industry |
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Authors: | Sevki Ozgener |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Nevsehir, Nevsehir, 50300, Turkey |
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Abstract: | In the late 1980s workforce became more diverse in terms of demographic changes, cultural differences and other characteristics
of organizational members. This diversity was a reflection of changing global markets. Workforce diversity has both positive
and negative effects on organizational performance. Therefore, it is becoming important especially for medium- and large-scale
businesses. In order to manage increasingly workforce diversity and to prevent discrimination, diversity management is now
considered as a major part of strategic human resource management. The purpose of this study is to establish the dimensions
of discrimination that occur due to demographic differences in Turkish manufacturing industry. The findings of the research
indicate that demographic characteristics, socio-cultural structure, managerial policy and behaviors, union tendency and regional
differences, laws and local community, gender, educational and age differences, and political opinions have influence on discrimination.
According to the results, discrimination has been observed mostly in job processes such as promotions and appointments, human
resource selection, job/employment examination and interviews, and performance appraisal. |
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Keywords: | diversity diversity management demographic discrimination Turkish manufacturing industry |
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