The subject of workplace diversity came to the consideration of the academic and business world in the 1990s. “Variety is the spice of life.” Everyone would agree with the need for diversity, so the issue is not with the concept, but in how we make use of this concept at work, especially when there is polarization between people who are working together, leading to conflict and disharmony. Diversity management emphasizes valuing and building on individual differences in order for all employees to reach their maximum potential and represents an important step away from the legal compliance-oriented equal employment opportunity. Since the current literature reveals that these practices often result in backlash and that minority employees tend to feel excluded at the workplace, a necessity emerges to investigate individual level factors of LMs that may influence these processes.
In this chapter, how the organizational climate and culture is being affected by the workplace deviance will be explained with the help of getting insights into the factors that actually contribute towards workplace deviance in an organization. As it is observed from the previous studies, workplace deviance has started exploiting almost all types of the organizations, embracing a wide range of institutions in this tech-savvy era. That day is not too far when it will become a big threat for the organizations to overcome this issue of workplace deviance just like other serious issues. Shifting in the mindsets to individualism and becoming more self-driven, employees are preferring to keep their personal interest first as compared to the organizational interest.
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