Mångfaldens praktik IV. Diversity management, discrimination and ethnic minorities in Europe : Clarifications, critiques and research agendas
The aim of this report is to clarify concepts and provide contextual information in order to better understand the development of di versity management in a European context. In Section 1 the repor! looks at theorigins of diversity management, the definitions of it that are currently in use, and the reasans why it developed. In Section 2 it provides aninsight inta the kinds of activities which take place under the heading ofdiversity management in US companies. In Section 3 the report looks at the background context for the development of diversity managementin Europe, and in Section 4 it considers the variables of European difference which may have implications for the form, content andexpansion of diversity management practice. In Section 5 it addresses same of the critiques of diversity management. The report finishes withsame observations on the relationship of di versity management to the issue of racial discrimination, and suggests same future issues for European researchers in this field.