Gender, Ethnic Diversity, And Career Advancement in the Workplace: The Social Identity Perspective‪.‬

Introduction Effectively managing demographic diversity in the workplace is an increasing but necessary challenge because of the way demographic composition shapes our organizational life. The justification for promoting diversity and a multicultural work environment is based on the claim that such policies create better decision-making processes, enhance creativity and innovation, and increase business competitiveness (Dessler, 2001). The organization can fully utilize its diverse human resource talents to sustain its competitive advantage (Shapiro, 2000) and comply with requirements of equal opportunity employment.