Difference in a Transnational Organization in Australia: The Case of Transient Indian Information Technology (IT) Professionals

Salim Lakha

Chapter 10 in Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia, 2009, pp 234-256 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In contemporary western democracies there is a constant celebration of cultural diversity. Yet the difficulties of difference keep asserting themselves. This is only too clear in the domain of work and migration. The questions of diversity and difference cannot be uncoupled from each other because they both constitute crucial elements of the same discourse, especially with reference to migration and work. This chapter examines the problematic relationship between difference and diversity as manifested in the workplace in an era dominated by transna-tional corporations. It explores the relationship between discourses of difference and diversity, on the one hand, and the material conditions of globalized production on the other.

Keywords: Cultural Diversity; Sage Publication; Transnational Corporation; Cheap Labour; Culturalist Discourse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230274105_10

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