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Essay / Diversity and Demographics - 1659
Diversity and DemographicsDiversity and DemographicsThroughout this article, I will describe and analyze diversity and demographics to some extent with a focus on the following behaviors: · Gender · Age, as it relates to technology use · Differences in skills and abilities · Personality traits Employee demographics, as stated by Chuang, Joshi and Liao, (2004) “in terms of seniority, age, gender and ethnicity, predict turnover, commitment and integration, peer relationships, altruism, organization-based self-esteem and execution of tasks. What does this mean, one asks? Well, let's find out starting with gender. Considering gender behavior according to Klenke (2003), “strategic decision making is affected by power, which in turn serves as a major basis for organizational politics. To deal with many situations, effective conflict management "Therefore, it can be seen that different gender characteristics play a role in the work environment. Let's take a closer look at gender characteristics. Klenke (2003) continues saying: “Gender role congruence means that jobs are consistent with male/female stereotypes of professions. For example, until recently we had a police officer because it was seen as a man's job. Now we have police..