MACMILLAN Effective and Creative Leadership in Diverse Workforces: Improving Organizational Performance and Culture in the Workplace

This book examines the role of corporate culture in the execution of successful strategies for diversity and innovation. It explores how information is communicated across real organizations and how diversity impacts the effectiveness of the communication. As modern communication becomes more challenging within diverse groups, the varying content and contexts must be considered. Communications across a diverse organization requires thought and understanding. Further, though a workforce may be diverse, it may not properly function. Effective and creative leadership is needed to employ a diverse workforce for the greatest impact on company culture and performance. With its model and case studies illustrating how diversity helps shape corporate culture, this book serves as a valuable resource for HR researchers and scholar-practitioners. From the Back Cover This book examines the role of corporate culture in the execution of successful strategies for diversity and innovation. It explores how information is communicated across real organizations and how diversity impacts the effectiveness of the communication. As modern communication becomes more challenging within diverse groups, the varying content and contexts must be considered. Communications across a diverse organization requires thought and understanding. Further, though a workforce may be diverse, it may not properly function. Effective and creative leadership is needed to employ a diverse workforce for the greatest impact on company culture and performance. With its model and case studies illustrating how diversity helps shape corporate culture, this book serves as a valuable resource for HR researchers and scholar-practitioners. About the Author Bethany K. Mickahail, PhD, FRSA is Doctoral dissertation Chair/Advisor & Methodologist at the College of Management & Technology at Walden University, USA. She is also  a Senior Fellow and Doctoral Chair/Advisor with the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) at the University of Phoenix.   Carlos Tasso Eira de Aquino is Campus Director of the Capital Area Campus, Ana G. Mendez University System, USA.