Migration and Divesity Potentials for Organisations: the Case of Germany

Petia Genkova and Pia Keysers
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Petia Genkova: Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Pia Keysers: Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany

European Journal of Business Science and Technology, 2018, vol. 4, issue 1, 69-80

Abstract: A successful integration of migrants in the society as well as of older employees in the organisation is getting more important based on demographic changes. The central aim of the investigation is to deal with problem fields of the Human Resource Management, which arise by demographic changes regarding migration and the ageing society. Therefore, an explorative qualitative study with human resource managers and diversity representatives of the large DAX companies was conducted. The views of leaders and employees with and without an immigration background regarding diversity potentials in organisation are compared in this study. The results indicate that diversity is important for organisation. Employees have recognised the importance of diversity. Managers have not recognised the seriousness and urgency of cultural diversity and diversity actions. Human resource managers are not able to assess the additional stress of migrants correctly and to consider them in their day-to-day management and diversity actions.

Keywords: migration; diversity potentials; intercultural competence; human resource management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.11118/ejobsat.v4i1.114

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