Understanding Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

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[...] Your example of witnessing the concepts was when you were teaching children's yoga and some students were in Europe, meaning you had to adjust to their time zone and align the moves and language with their cultures, which is impressive. Reference Abramitzky, R., Boustan, L., Eriksson, K., & Hao, S. (2020, May). Discrimination and the returns to cultural assimilation in the age of mass migration. In AEA Papers and Proceedings (Vol pp. 340-346) Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203: American Economic Association. [...]

[...] The elements discussed above are connected since cultural values and norms play a significant role in how people experience culture shock. When hired in a new company, people may encounter culture shock since the cultural values and norms from their culture may be different from the ones they find in the company. As a worker, I have had first-hand experience with the way variations in cultural practices shape the dynamics of working teams. For example, there was a time when we had a meeting where we were discussing a new project, and the members of the team were from diverse cultural backgrounds, each with different views on the measures to use to make informed decisions. [...]

[...] Understanding Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Understanding Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Culture universals are the important elements that are present in any culture around the world like different social institutions, family structures and languages that people speak. An example of a culture universal is the idea of marriage where people in every society are expected to marry and are required to undergo particular traditions and rituals that are followed by their respective cultures. Culture norms are the set guidelines and societal expectations that people rely on know what kind of behavior to exhibit while living a certain society (Abramitzky et al., 2020). [...]

[...] The example you have provided of witnessing the connection between culture and inclusion in your place of work, where you interacted with people from different cultural backgrounds, is informative. Response to Welch Piper Hello Piper, I have read your discussion, and I have been impressed by the argument that cultural universals are traits that are accepted globally and cultural norms are practices and beliefs that people in a particular culture recognize and follow. As I learned in an article the other day, culture values are right and wrong viewpoints that people in a culture hold while culture shock is the feeling of disorientation that people have when they engage with new cultures (Abramitzky et al., 2020). [...]