Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective

Workforce diversity is an inevitable phenomenon of the day. Diversity management is then developed in response to this reality. The discourse has been widely implemented in many western countries and some other countries across the world. Yet, it does not sound loudly in the Muslim countries. The ob...

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Main Author: Dani Muhtada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IAIN Salatiga 2012-06-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
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Online Access:http://ijims.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijims/article/view/92
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description Workforce diversity is an inevitable phenomenon of the day. Diversity management is then developed in response to this reality. The discourse has been widely implemented in many western countries and some other countries across the world. Yet, it does not sound loudly in the Muslim countries. The objective of this paper is to discover Islamic perspective of workforce diversity management. The results show that pluralism and multiculturalism values are strongly promoted in Islamic teaching. Although, some conceptual problems regarding conservative views on diversity might constrain diversity workforce management, but a strategic solution to this issue is not impossible. This paper basically favors the idea of implementing the Lewin-Schein change model (i.e., unfreezing – change [moving] – refreezing) for managing diversity in the Muslim society context but with a more focus given to the substantive aspects of diversity management (i.e., elaborating Islamic values on diversity). The role of such qualified Islamic scholars is crucial in this regard. Keragaman sumber daya manusia di tempat kerja adalah sebuah fenomena yang tidak terhindarkan dewasa ini. Karena itu, mengelola keragaman secara professional adalah sebuah keniscayaan. Meskipun diskursus tentang pengelolaan keragaman di tempat kerja bukanlah hal yang baru di dunia Barat, namun di negara-negara berpenduduk mayoritas muslim praktik dan wacana tentang hal tersebut masih kurang mendapatkan perhatian. Paper ini bertujuan untuk menawarkan konsep manajemen keragaman di tempat kerja dalam perspektif Islam. Paper ini menggarisbawahi bahwa multikulturalisme sesungguhnya memiliki tempat yang signifikan dala ajaran Islam. Kendati ada ada persoalan konseptual berkaitan pandangan-pandangan konservatif tentang pluralism dan mulrikulturalisme, yang nota bene dapat menghambat efektivitas manajemen keragaman di dunia Islam, namun persoalan ini bukan tidak dapat dipecahkan. Paper ini berpendapat bahwa framework yang ditawarkan oleh Lewin-Schein tentang pengelolaan keragaman dapat diadaptasi dalam konteks dunia Islam dengan mengelaborasi konsep-konsep ajaran Islam tentang keragaman.
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spelling doaj.art-f7146258407a46f790a225c534cce75a2022-12-21T22:24:47ZengIAIN SalatigaIndonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies2089-14902406-825X2012-06-01217810810.18326/ijims.v2i1.78-10888Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspectiveDani Muhtada0Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES)Workforce diversity is an inevitable phenomenon of the day. Diversity management is then developed in response to this reality. The discourse has been widely implemented in many western countries and some other countries across the world. Yet, it does not sound loudly in the Muslim countries. The objective of this paper is to discover Islamic perspective of workforce diversity management. The results show that pluralism and multiculturalism values are strongly promoted in Islamic teaching. Although, some conceptual problems regarding conservative views on diversity might constrain diversity workforce management, but a strategic solution to this issue is not impossible. This paper basically favors the idea of implementing the Lewin-Schein change model (i.e., unfreezing – change [moving] – refreezing) for managing diversity in the Muslim society context but with a more focus given to the substantive aspects of diversity management (i.e., elaborating Islamic values on diversity). The role of such qualified Islamic scholars is crucial in this regard. Keragaman sumber daya manusia di tempat kerja adalah sebuah fenomena yang tidak terhindarkan dewasa ini. Karena itu, mengelola keragaman secara professional adalah sebuah keniscayaan. Meskipun diskursus tentang pengelolaan keragaman di tempat kerja bukanlah hal yang baru di dunia Barat, namun di negara-negara berpenduduk mayoritas muslim praktik dan wacana tentang hal tersebut masih kurang mendapatkan perhatian. Paper ini bertujuan untuk menawarkan konsep manajemen keragaman di tempat kerja dalam perspektif Islam. Paper ini menggarisbawahi bahwa multikulturalisme sesungguhnya memiliki tempat yang signifikan dala ajaran Islam. Kendati ada ada persoalan konseptual berkaitan pandangan-pandangan konservatif tentang pluralism dan mulrikulturalisme, yang nota bene dapat menghambat efektivitas manajemen keragaman di dunia Islam, namun persoalan ini bukan tidak dapat dipecahkan. Paper ini berpendapat bahwa framework yang ditawarkan oleh Lewin-Schein tentang pengelolaan keragaman dapat diadaptasi dalam konteks dunia Islam dengan mengelaborasi konsep-konsep ajaran Islam tentang keragaman.http://ijims.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijims/article/view/92WorkforceDiversityManagementIslamMulticulturalism
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Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
Workforce
Diversity
Management
Islam
Multiculturalism
title Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
title_full Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
title_short Managing workforce diversity: an Islamic perspective
title_sort managing workforce diversity an islamic perspective
topic Workforce
Diversity
Management
Islam
Multiculturalism
url http://ijims.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijims/article/view/92
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