Academic Papers

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2021
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Sally Baker, Clemence Due & Megan Rose
Transitions from education to employment for culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and refugees in settlement contexts: what do we know?
Access to and experiences of education among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrants or Refugees (CALDM/R) is a site of increased scholarly interest. While research emphasises new CALDM/Rs’ desire to work and meaningfully contribute to their new country, many remain under...
2020
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Daan Hovens
Workplace Learning through Human-Machine Interaction in a Transient Multilingual Blue-Collar Work Environment
This article explores processes of jointly negotiating work practices (i.e., workplace learning) in a contemporary blue-collar work environment characterized by transience, language diversity, and limited opportunities for human-human interaction. The article is based on linguistic-ethnographic fieldwork in a metal foundry...
2020
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Harald Dale-Olsena , Henning Finseraas
Linguistic diversity and workplace productivity
A key component in firms’ production strategies is to put together a workforce with the optimal mix of skills. Hiring workers with complementary human capital will improve productivity and profits. The ability to speak several languages and knowledge about cultures...
2018
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T. Beretu and L. E. Jowah
Evaluating the extent to which cultural diversity is recognised in the workplace: The Cape metropolis managers views
South Africa has its own texture of cultural diversity unparalleled by any in the history of the world. The diversity emanates from the period of the Dutch settlers (1640s) occupying land in the country through their by conquest of the...
2017
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Rezza Moieni, Peter Mousaferiadis, and Carlos Oscar Sorezano
A Practical Approach to Measuring Cultural Diversity on Australian Organizations and Schools
Although there is an abundance of academic literature addressing the importance of cultural diversity, there is a significant lack of discussion afforded to actual methodologies employed when measuring diversity. Our research comprises the development of a set of quantifiable dimensions...
2014
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George Major, Agnes Terraschke, Emily Major, Charlotte Setijadi
Working it out: migrants’ perspectives of social inclusion in the workplace
This paper explores the concept of social inclusion from the perspective of recent migrants, from language backgrounds other than English, at work in Australia. We adopt an understanding of social inclusion that acknowledges the importance of economic independence, while also...
2014
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Ingrid Piller
EDITORIAL: LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN AUSTRALIA
This editorial introduction orients the reader to current public debates and the state of research with regard to the intersection of linguistic diversity and social inclusion in contemporary Australia. These are characterised by a persistent lack of attention to the...