By Cordula Braedel-Kühner, Andreas Müller
New articles in social sciences
Re-thinking variety from a Cultural technological know-how viewpoint functional methods and utilized study on Diversity
From the again Cover
This quantity includes a set of recent principles, subject matters and questions in the direction of a phenomenon which we're used to consult with the major time period “diversity”. the purpose of the booklet is to supply a cultural sciences viewpoint on “diversity”, to develop wisdom approximately it and improve the discussion among teachers and practitioners in comparable domain names of motion. this day, alterations within the demographic constructions of the inhabitants, the migration flux, multiculturalism, the emerging expertise referring to minorities’ rights, gender reports etc bring about a posh photo of what “diversity” capacity. The narrative of a society and of so much companies is constituted by means of a number of layers of social categorization, segregation and identification. hence, “diversity” defies easy definition. The contributions during this quantity strategy the phenomenon from diverse angles and show new theoretical, methodological and functional views on it.
Contents
Re-thinking variety from a Cultural technology Perspective
Diversity in Organizations
Diversity within the Community
Diversity within the Media
Practical ways and utilized study on Diversity
Target Groups
Lecturers and scholars of economics and social sciences, philology and cultural studies
Executives from company, politics and administration
The Editors
Prof. Dr. Cordula Braedel-Kühner, Freie Waldorfschule Offenburg, Offenburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas P. Müller, Karlshochschule overseas collage, Karlsruhe
Topics
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Cultural Studies
Communication experiences
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C. 62). Thus, the Blau index and the perception of diversity are not related to each other. This is consistent with the results found by Meyer et al. (2011), where diversity had to be salient and to be a primed faultline to have an effect on the perception of diversity. Hypothesis 1 is supported. Subjective and objective diversity are distinct. 05). 04). Nevertheless, regression analysis puts this result into perspective. 05, but the variance accounts for only 5%. Thus, Hypothesis 2 is supported: Group outcomes are more influenced by perceived diversity than by objective diversity.