Diversity Intelligence Integrating Diversity Intelligence alongside
Organization leaders typically look at each job position, characterized as the same based on pay and job description, in the same way. They hire employees to do that particular job and often do not consider other capabilities that the employees may posses
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Claretha Hughes
Diversity Intelligence
Claretha Hughes
Diversity Intelligence Integrating Diversity Intelligence alongside Intellectual, Emotional, and Cultural Intelligence for Leadership and Career Development
Claretha Hughes University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-52681-6 ISBN 978-1-137-52683-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52683-0
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PREFACE
Diversity intelligence (DI/DQ) should be developed and integrated into leadership and career development plans similar to intellectual (mental) intelligence (IQ), emotional (EI/EQ), and cultural (CQ). DI and EI are the same as DQ and EQ as original articles written had used DI and EI but the common, more familiar uses are DQ and EQ. Organization leaders need DQ to better interact with the changing demographics in America and the global economy. Without a clear understanding of diversity, leaders are not fully equipped to enhance organization goals through all employees. HR professionals (internal and external consultants) and (senior) managers in international or global operating companies can personally benefit and help leaders within their organizations benefit from DQ. HR professionals in the world of academia can also teach the concept of DQ to their students and peers using empirical research studies. Researchers and scholars in the fields of Human Resource Development, organizational behavior, and HR management students (e.g. MBA courses or HRM master programs) will benefit from a better understanding of DQ. HR consultants (working at an academic level and often associated with universities) could use the DQ skills as described in th
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