Diversity Management Practices in the US Tech Companies

Abstract

The paper's aim is to present how technology companies from Silicon Valley manage diversity after the presidential elections in the US. Also, the paper shows what HR practices on managing diversity are applied across the technology start-ups and what management measure have been taken to tackle diversity in the context of social sustainability. In the paper are used queer theory and the social constructivism as an approach to managing diversity in twenty first century. Furthermore, diversity reports of the technology companies have been analyzed from Silicon Valley. The data sample represents set of ten technology start-ups and different dimensions of diversity have been collected. Subsequently, statistical operationalization has been applied to reveal the links between HR practices and diversity dimensions across the start-ups. The paper argues that majority of the selected technology companies still have diversity deficiencies in terms of diversity in the top management teams. Other paper findings state that the tech companies are making slow steps towards tackling diversity internally. The study provides with applications for tech companies on what HR practices to use and how to sustain amid fierce political decisions and turbulent business environment. Also, the tech sector will benefit from recommendations on handling with diversity. The paper contributes to the queer theory in terms of approaches for managing diversity in the conditions of high innovations and changing governmental policies. The paper possess value to the policy makers and top managers in the Silicon Valley in terms of approaches how to manage diversity.