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Article: Training priorities for a diverse work force.
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- Public Personnel Management
- Article date:
- September 22, 1994
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It has been predicted that during the decade of the 1990s at least 85% of new entrants to the labor pool, from which U.S. organizations select their employees, will be women, minorities, and foreign immigrants. If this predictio is accurate, by the year 2000 the respective work force of many U.S. organizations will have undergone a significant increase in its level of ethnic and cultural diversity. Considering that many U.S. organizations are beginning to rely more heavily on their work force (as opposed to new technology alone) t boost productivity, a legitimate concern is the potential impact that a significant increase in work force diversity will have on organizational ...