Doç. Dr. HARİKA SÜKLÜN
Tez Türü: Doktora
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Sullivan University, Business Administration, Management, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Tez Danışmanı: Lavena Wilkin,Teresa Daniel,Charles Malk
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2014
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Özet:
Abstract
Cultural diversity is increasing in workplaces around
the world, and developed countries are receiving more immigrants than
developing countries every year. The
result of the immigration phenomenon in the United States is that more
immigrants are integrating into workplaces, which creates more opportunities
for interaction. Managing diversity is
still a challenge for organizations and countries, and particularly for
countries that are high immigrant receivers.
This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews so professional
immigrant women could describe their experiences and share their perspectives
on being in the workplace in the United States. Through professional immigrant women's
perspectives and their voices, a database was established from which data were
coded, compared, categorized, further coded, and analyzed using
phenomenological methodology. The participants described their
experiences in the United States,
and differences between their expectations and their actual experiences;
because of the cultural gaps between their home countries and the United States,
professional women encountered adjustment difficulties with respect to verbal
and nonverbal conflicts in the host country.
To overcome such difficulties, professional women employed several
strategies to cope with the verbal conflicts.
They also had to adjust their body language by providing more distance
than in their home country and not touching the listener. This study has
implications for professional immigrant women and for organizations. Since there are increasing numbers of people
with multicultural backgrounds in organizations, related issues will not
dissipate soon; therefore, organizations should understand the context of multiculturalism. Professional immigrant women in this study
advised newcomers not to listen to people from their countries who are not
supportive of them in advancing their careers; they also advised newcomers to
work harder to reach their goals and ignore any negative attitudes from their
own people.