Diversity and Characteristics Impacting Behavior
<Tab/>As difficult as it may be, imagine life without diversity and characteristics. Every life would then be alike--dull, boring and uninspiring. Behavior would be uniform and standardized, suppressing any opportunity for individuality. Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn (2005), authors of Organizational Behavior, defines diversity as "the presence of individual differences based on gender, race and ethnicity, age, able-bodiedness, and sexual orientation" (p. 25). Relative to diversity is demographic characteristics--the "bac…
