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REVIEW ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
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Author(s):
PREETI
Vol - 6, Issue- 11 ,
Page(s) : 5 - 13
(2015 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
Workforce diversity is a primary concern for most of the businesses. Today’s organisations need to recognise and manage workforce diversity effectively. Many articles have been written on this topic but there is no specific definition of workforce diversity. The main purpose of this article is to review the literature of workforce diversity. What is workforce diversity? What are the benefits of workforce diversity in organisations, what management can do to enhance workforce diversity in organisations? What are the disadvantages of workforce diversity? .This questions would be main purpose of this
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