Leveraging Workforce Diversity through a Career Development Paradigm Shift

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Author(s): Claretha Hughes (University of Arkansas, USA)and DeVaughn Stephens (University of Arkansas, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society: Technologies and Concepts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chaunda L. Scott (Oakland University, USA)and Marilyn Y. Byrd (The University of Mary Hardin Baylor, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch015

Keywords: Business & Management / Human Aspects of Technology / Human Resources Development / Information Science Reference

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Many diverse individuals may not have previously been considered mainstream within organizational career development strategies (Avery, 2011). The objectives of this chapter are to 1) introduce the idea of leveraging diversity through a career development paradigm shift and 2) to offer researchers ways to further explore this shift in thinking and enhance organizational and individual career development strategies. The suggestion is not for organizational leaders to choose diverse employees over others, but that they acknowledge and understand all employees and use that knowledge to enhance and improve organizational performance. To accomplish organizational success through career development, they must acknowledge the value of all employees.

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