Introduction
The importance of training a multicultural workforce effectively is escalating as globalization leads to outsourcing and migration. Professionals in all fields have more opportunities to work with an employee population which is linguistically and culturally diverse. Multiple languages are heard and used in many work environments.
What is the significance of a multicultural workforce in the context of training? How can we work with this audience to achieve the desired results?
This paper will discuss a few cultural factors that may affect attitudes and behaviors in safety and several best practices in training a multicultural workforce to ensure understanding and compliance.
Keywords:
cultural intelligence,
instructional strategy,
risk perception,
attitude,
safety,
translation,
different country,
expression,
japanese subject,
artificial intelligence
Subjects:
Health
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2011. American Society of Safety Engineers
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