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Multiculturalism as a Conservative Ideology: Impacts on Workforce Diversity
Author(s) -
Bertone Santina,
Leahy Mary
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/1038411103041001026
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , diversity (politics) , government (linguistics) , ideology , ethnic group , sociology , workforce , political science , race (biology) , cultural diversity , public relations , political economy , gender studies , politics , law , philosophy , linguistics
This paper is critical of Australian multicultural policy and the way it has been applied to the workplace. It also questions the likely impact of recent government policy relating to asylum seekers and multiculturalism on diversity management generally. The paper argues that multicultural policy was never intended to challenge existing power relations between ethnic groups, but rather it entrenched the superiority of one dominant group within an Anglo, male‐centred middle‐class framework. However, past government policies were less hostile towards minority cultures and groups than the present. Current developments in Australian race relations lead the authors to pose a number of major research principles and questions. These questions flow out of recent case study research and perceived research gaps related to that work.