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DIVERSITY AT WORKPLACE: STUDY OF SELECTED COMPANY

Purva H. Joshi

HR Student,S. R. Luthra Institute of Management

ABSTRACT

Globalization and the Internet have reduced the gap in the time to market scale between large MNCs. Advances in technology and the advent of a global economy bring the people of the world closer together than ever before. Given this fact, businesses, educational systems and other entities are investigating ways to better serve their constituents. This includes being able to attract and retain the best and most qualified workers. Workplace diversity is a multi-faceted concept that will continue to evolve as more industries move toward a global marketplace. Workforce diversity refers to organizations that are becoming more heterogeneous with the mix of people in terms of gender, age, race, and education background (Robbins, 2009). A diverse workforce, for instance, includes gender, age, ethnicity, and education background According to Robbins (2009). This article study the workforce diversity Information Technology based company; Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel. These companies were performing well as per their financial performance and are amongst the top list of the best company to work in the world.

Keywords: Workplace,WorkforceDiversity, Ethnic Diversity, Racial Diversity

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