Title: Diversity, Darwin and democracy

Authors: Slawomir J. Magala

Addresses: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, (Room T8-01), 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract: The concept of diversity should be disentangled from the |neodarwinist| interpretations, liberated from close affinities with the equally ambiguous concept of |identity| and become more |relational| and |socialised| in order to become a robust foundation of a promising research program. Celebrating differences, we should be careful not to legitimise inequalities inherent, implicitly included in |otherness| and |difference|. Critical social researchers have to reach towards sweatshops, sex workers and domestics in order to understand the |unnatural selection of tolerated versus opposed forms of systematic inequalities|. Neodarwinism is wrong; diversity management does not necessarily have to be.

Keywords: diversity management; multicultural workforce; inequalities; Neodarwinism; evolving identities; manageable inequalities; new underdogs; Darwin; cross-cultural research; democracy.

DOI: 10.1504/EJCCM.2009.026731

European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, 2009 Vol.1 No.1, pp.28 - 33

Published online: 24 Jun 2009 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article