Diversity

This topic scrutinized diversity in the workplace, but what is diversity? Workplace diversity refers to the differences that people convey to their jobs on the basis of ethnicity, physical or mental ability, gender, age, race, religion or professional background. Indisputably, these differences have a direct and indirect influence on the work place environment. Most in every Asia country, such as Malaysia, the terms racial diversity continues to be underplayed in employment. Kandola and Fullerton (1994) stated that racial preference have diminished the equal opportunities over the last two decades. In fact, nowadays, it is common when someone is looking out for a job either in website and tabloid, he or she will see that it is not uncommon for companies to include a preference for a particular nationality as part of the job description; for example, American or British or Westerners “only”. Selective bias displayed in job ads is a reflective of serious discriminatory recruitment policies. On the other hand, diversity indeed has a positive element too. Diversity includes the perspectives brought from different people from different part of the world. These people carry intergenerational differences, international education and work experience, and a multicultural background. Consequently, the company will gain global and expand domestic markets and have a strong impact on economic growth and innovation.