International Diversity Management

2013 ◽  
pp. 14-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Vassilopoulou ◽  
Jose Pascal Da Rocha ◽  
Cathrine Seierstad ◽  
Kurt April ◽  
Mustafa Ozbilgin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
International Context ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Maximum Variation ◽  
Variation Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
International Diversity ◽  
The Usa ◽  
National Borders

This chapter develops earlier work in the field by Ozbilgin and Tatli (2008) and uses examples of three countries–the USA, South Africa, and Norway–to illustrate the complexity of managing diversity across national borders. Key challenges of international diversity management are highlighted. These three cases have been selected using a theoretically driven, maximum variation approach. The concept of diversity management initially evolved and was developed in the USA. In contrast, South Africa is of interest due to its specific Apartheid past and its post-Apartheid challenges related to diversity management. Lastly, Norway is ranked among the best and most equal countries in the world. By exploring these different examples, we question the assumption that there can be a one best way to manage diversity in an international context.

Does the Ongoing Global Economic Crisis Put Diversity Gains at Risk?

2016 ◽  
pp. 424-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Vassilopoulou ◽  
Kurt April ◽  
Jose Pascal Da Rocha ◽  
Olivia Kyriakidou ◽  
Mustafa Ozbilgin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Business Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
International Diversity ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Critical Account ◽  
Diversity Gains

This chapter builds on an earlier chapter titled “International Diversity Management: Examples from the USA, South Africa, and Norway.” In the first version of this chapter, we found one common subject emerging when looking closer at all three examples. In all three cases we found a call for the moral and justice case for diversity management, instead of the business-case alone. Based on this commonality and in light of the ongoing global economic crisis and its possible deteriorating effect for the international diversity agenda we decided to offer a more critical account on international diversity management with this chapter. This chapter offers examples from the USA, South Africa and Greece. We conclude the chapter arguing that while the three countries face all different challenges due to the global economic crisis, the way governments across the world respond to the crisis is often similar, which endangers past diversity gains and translates in a backlash for diversity.

scholarly journals The timeshare industry of Africa: a study in tourism geography

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayde R. Pandy ◽  
Christian M. Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Tourism Geography ◽  
The World ◽  
Coastal Beach ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Context ◽  
Natural Amenity

Abstract Within the broad spectrum of tourism accommodation the timeshare industry is a distinctive segment which has attracted only limited research work. This paper represents a contribution to tourism geography as it investigates the location of timeshare resorts in Africa and comparative position of African destinations in the global timeshare economy. The analysis shows the timeshare resort industry in South Africa is the most significant on the continent and is distinctive in its reliance upon domestic rather than international tourists. In terms of the distribution of resorts the key locational consideration in Africa parallels that found in other parts of the world, namely the positioning of resorts in areas of high natural amenity. In the African context this has meant clustering resorts in coastal beach areas and attractive mountain locations, as well as in the areas which afford opportunities for timeshare consumers to experience the African bush. Finally, of note in South Africa is the growth of large timeshare property developments at casino resorts, a development which parallels the experience of certain timeshare developments in the USA.

scholarly journals Molecular analysis and new records of the invasive polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (Annelida: Spionidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VASILY I. RADASHEVSKY ◽  
VICTORIA V. PANKOVA ◽  
VASILY V. MALYAR ◽  
TATYANA V. NERETINA ◽  
ROBIN S. WILSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
The Uk

The spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 is a tube-dweller and shell/stone-borer widely occurring in temperate waters across the world and considered invasive in many areas. It was originally described from California, USA, and later reported from Pacific Canada, the Asian Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, and northern Europe. The Bayesian inference analysis of sequence data of three gene fragments (836 bp in total) of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA, nuclear 28S rDNA, and Histone 3 has shown that individuals from the Pacific coasts of Canada and the USA, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Mediterranean France were genetically very similar (maximal average p-distance value, 0.49%, was between 16S rDNA sequences). We consider these individuals to be conspecific and report the earliest records of B. proboscidea from the UK and a possible first Mediterranean record in the Gulf of Lion. The high 16S haplotype diversity of B. proboscidea detected in the north-eastern Pacific suggests a native distribution for the species in the northern Pacific and subsequent introductions through human activities to other parts of the world. The histories of these introductions are reviewed and the hypotheses about times and places of introductions are updated.

scholarly journals “Sapere audite ...” Melanchthon – sestiende-eeuse humanis en belangrike reformator

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor D'Assonville
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Philipp Melanchthon ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Reformation History ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Terwyl Philipp Melanchthon allerweë in wetenskaplike kringe in Wes-Europa sowel as die VSA erkenning geniet vir sy reuse bydrae tot die Reformasie en die Westerse universiteitswese, is hy in sommige dele van die wêreld, ongelukkig ook in Suid-Afrika, taamlik onbekend. Dikwels verdwyn hy in die skadu van Luther en Calvyn. In eie reg was sy bydrae tot die hervorming van die kerk, sowel as die ontwikkeling van geesteswetenskappe en feitlik die volledige spektrum van wetenskappe in sy tyd egter só geweldig groot dat dit moeilik is om nie slegs in die oortreffende trap daarvan te praat nie. In hierdie artikel word doelbewus aandag aan die verhouding tussen sy rol as humanistiese geleerde in die sestiende-eeuse konteks en sy bydrae as kerkhervormer gegee, om sodoende meer insig oor die agtergrond van die komplekse reformasiegeskiedenis te bied. Abstract While Philip Melanchthon enjoys wide acclaim in scientific circles in Western Europe as well as the USA for his tremendous contribution to the Reformation and establishment of Western universities, he is unfortunately relatively unknown in some parts of the world, including South Africa. Often he recedes into the shadow of Luther and Calvin. In his own right his contribution to the sixteenth-century reformation of the church and the development of the Humanities – and in fact close to the entire spectrum of the sciences of his time – was so profound that it is hard not to acclaim him to the superlative degree. In this article, attention is deliberately given to the relationship between his role as humanistic scholar in the sixteenth century context and his contribution as church reformer, in order to provide more clarity on the context of the complexity of church reformation history.

scholarly journals The Global Movement for Human Rights Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Flowers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Human Rights Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
The Usa

An overview of the global movement for human rights education (HRE), its impetus, challenges, and contrasting developments in different regions of the world, focusing especially on Latin America, the Philippines, South Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Seeks to put HRE in the USA into an international perspective, as well as to show the variety of goals that inspire HRE and how methodologies have evolved to meet specific regional and political cultures and needs.

scholarly journals A Sociology of Trust

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 144-155
Author(s):  
Jason L. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Diverse Groups

The paper is a critical review of the problems and implications of trust and in managing diversity in the British community care system. It is a system in need of strong diversity management in the light of the world economic downturn in recent years. Despite raft of policies on leadership in social care in the UK, the structural issues for why the needs of diverse groups are not met are difficult to understand at particular levels of analysis. The central problem has been lack of ‘trust’. The paper detangles the implications of different forms of trust in order to understand care relations.

Transforming the world order amid the emerging multipolarity: Evidence from the African continent

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 2180-2198
Author(s):  
A.M. Chernysheva
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
World Order ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Sub Saharan

Subject. As the world becomes more multipolar, global leaders change their approaches to capture the areas they dominate. Currently, advocates of the Western and Eastern models clash, with the latter demonstrating a greater efficiency. Objectives. I examine the foreign trade of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, assuming that the region's countries are teetering on the edge of the Western and Eastern approaches to determining the domination area of the leading country. Methods. The study is based on the systems approach, comparative and statistical methods for reviewing exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa, illustrating the case of South Africa. Results. As the global economy currently develops, the multipolar world and its emergence are showed to gain momentum, with Sub-Saharan Africa actively diversifying their foreign trade. I mention the way the USA, EU, China, India and Russia influence the region and evaluate development trends in south Africa's exports and imports, setting their further development trend. Notwithstanding the noticeable impact of the USA, Sub-Saharan Africa establish regional alliances and tend to follow the course of other States, with China becoming increasingly important. Conclusions and Relevance. Transforming the world order into the multipolar format, the third-world countries should diversify their foreign trade, following multiple vectors in their economic policy, thus ensuring their own economic security and an opportunity to raise their significance regionally and internationally.

scholarly journals Overview of methods of application of waste car tires in the production of asphalt mixtures and the possibility of application in Montenegro

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Ivan Božović ◽  
Katarina Mirković
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Methods Of Application

The use of waste car tires in the production of asphalt mixtures has been used successfully for over 50 years around the world, starting with the USA, Australia, South Africa, many European countries, and progress in this area can be found in the region, especially Hungary. The aim of this paper is to get familiar with the methods of application of waste car tires in the production of asphalt mixtures that are used in the world, introduction to the basic terms, equipment and machinery necessary for production, construction and testing of mixtures, and analysis of basic conditions for possible application in Montenegro.

scholarly journals Exploring workplace diversity and organisational effectiveness: A South African exploratory case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Veli Mazibuko ◽  
Krishna K. Govender
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Workplace Diversity ◽  
Organisational Effectiveness ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Qualitative Approaches

Orientation: Transformation and managing diversity are organisational imperatives, especially in South Africa. Thus, it is important for international companies with major operations in South Africa (SA) to embrace the benefits of managing a divergent workforce and translate this for organisational benefits.Research purpose: The article explores the perceptions of management and staff on diversity and its value to the organisation, by empirically evaluating the relationship with organisational effectiveness and performance through the development and testing of five hypotheses.Motivation for the study: Legislation has made it mandatory for transformation of the South African workplace and ensuring that diversity is embraced. However, not all companies have fully understood the benefits of recruiting and managing diverse teams for the benefit of the organisation.Research approach, design and method: Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used, whereby a survey was conducted among 227 employees using the Towers Watson Employment Employee Insight Survey (EIS). Inferential statistical techniques were used to test relationships among related variables postulated through five hypotheses.Main findings: It was ascertained that understanding and managing diversity has played a pivotal role in the (research) organisation’s performance and effectiveness over the past 5 years. More specifically, diversity management created room for appreciation, innovation and creativity that gave the organisations an edge to tackle diverse markets.Practical/managerial applications: South Africa has a diverse population, and when individuals join an organisation, they bring a unique set of characteristics referred to as personalities, which, through the socialisation process, get assimilated into teams’ norms and values, and the culture of the organisation. Managing diversity in the workplace is part of employee retention and attraction, with the intention to energise workplace productivity, thus increasing the organisation’s competitive edge.Contributions or value add: The positive impact engendered by diverse recruitment and retention is also supported by employee engagement, which presupposes employee ownership of change, by making it happen, and it is driven by employees that offer solutions to problems, by helping one another and who are proud of being part of the organisation. Its impact in the bigger scheme of events is to drive business performance, growth, cost management, and ability to attract, retain and engage top talent by establishing a winning and inclusive culture.

scholarly journals ‘a night where june and moon rhyme’

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaydeep Sarangi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
The South ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The World ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University

Dr Raphael d’Abdon is a writer, scholar, spoken word poet, editor and translator. In 2007 he complied, translated and edited I nostri semi/Peo tsa rona, an anthology of contemporary South African poetry. In 2011 he translated into Italian (with Lorenzo Mari) Bless Me Father, the autobiography of South African poet Mario d’Offizi. In 2013, he compiled and edited the collection Marikana: A Moment in Time. He is the author of three collections of poems, sunnyside nightwalk (Johannesburg: Geko, 2013), salt water (Johannesburg: Poetree Publishing, 2016) and the bitter herb (East London: The Poets Printery, 2018), and he has read his poetry in South Africa, Nigeria, Somaliland, Italy, Sweden and the USA. His poems are published in journals, magazines and anthologies in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Singapore, Palestine, India, Italy, Canada, USA and UK, he is South Africa’s representative of AHN (Africa Haiku Network), and he is a member of ZAPP (The South African Poetry Project) and IPP (International Poetry Project), two joint-projects of the University of Cambridge, UNISA and the University of the Witwatersrand, whose chief aims are to promote poetry in schools in South Africa, UK and beyond, and to instill knowledge, understanding and a love of poetry in young learners.This interview is conducted through e mails in the months of April-May 2020 when Corona virus ravished the world. We saw light through the wings of poesy. We reached out each other through questions and answers about poetry, life and the immediate.

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