Diversity management in transcultural organizations

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the importance of global organizations to develop and incorporate motivationalCultural Intelligence (CQ) programs into their Diversity Management (DM) policies within the context of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). This paper also elucidates workforce diversity in a transcultural context via evidence from empirical research and current corporate practices. Most business organizations today must successfully navigate in a constantly changing environment because of global hypercompetition to be sustainable. Effective DM within the context of SHRM is a key component of this goal. This paper synthesizes motivational CQ, the growing global skills gap, DM “Best Practices,” and Third Culture Individuals (TCIs) into a discourse not generally covered in the extant literature on DM.