Human Resource Management

Diversity is a context dependent concept. No one can be defined as different in isolation. It is only against the background of a variety of contextual factors that it is possible to evaluate the extent to which they appear similar to or different from the people in their environment. A lone female among a group of males, for example, is more likely to be defined according to her gender than would otherwise be the case. Much research has shown that individuals choosing non traditional roles at work (e.g. male nurses, female construction workers) generally require additional "bolstering" in…