Management of diversities: A research in Bursa City, Turkiye

Abstract

According to recent studies,184 independent countries in the world are in a tremendous diversity with 600 living language groups and 5000 ethnic groups and these studies underline that very few citizens of a country belong to the same ethnic-national group and that very few of them speak the same language. Thus, it can easily be concluded that when the diversities are not managed professionally, it is inevitable for employees to face with both psychological and physical health problems. In this sense, the purpose of this research to find out the attittudes of employees in logistics sector towards diversity management. In this context, a research is conducted on logistics sector in Bursa city, Turkiye via a survey form that consists demographical questions and workplace diversity inventory that consists 24 items. The reason of defining logistics sector as sample, is the multi-national nature of the sector, which makes it compulsory to manage diversities in a professional way so as not to affect employees' physical and psychological health situations in a negative way. © 2024 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.