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The Value of Connecting Diversity in Organizations and Cross-Cultural Work Psychology Through Dialogue and Multiplicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Bernardo M. Ferdman  and
Lilach Sagiv
Bernardo M. Ferdman*
Affiliation:
Alliant International University
Lilach Sagiv*
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
*
E-mail: bferdman@alliant.edu, Address: California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Rd., San Diego, CA 92130, USA
E-mail: lilach.sagiv@mail.huji.ac.il, Address: School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905 Israel
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Abstract

In our focal article (Ferdman & Sagiv, 2012), we suggested that increased dialogue and connection between researchers and practitioners focused on diversity in organizations and those focused on cross-cultural work psychology could be beneficial to growth and advancement in both fields. The thoughtful and intriguing commentaries to the article are heterogeneous both in the topics they focus on and in their relative emphasis on theory versus practice, and in our view support our call for more dialogue. In this response, we address some of the key issues the commentaries stimulated for us, including the notion of integration versus homogenization and the differential role of values in research in each field. We summarize by highlighting, as did many of the commentaries, the importance of multiple and diverse approaches and perspectives, a value consistent with both fields.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 373 - 379
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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Footnotes

This paper was written in full collaboration; authorship is listed in alphabetical order. Sagiv's work on this article was supported by a grant from the Recanati Fund of the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University.

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