What Are The Four Barriers To Implementing Diversity In The Workplace

Introduction
With the implementation of diversity into the place of work there will be barriers and challenges that would be faced by the organisation and its employees. Diversity needs to be managed effectively by the organisation and when done so will benefit the organisation immensely and promoted harmonious relationships in the workplace.
Barriers and Challenges to implementing diversity in the workplace
Barriers of Implementing Diversity in the Workplace
There are four barriers which result when there is diversity in an organisation. Should this not be dealt with and managed effectively could result in hostility and conflict in the workplace.
The barriers are;
Ethnocentrism:
There is a belief that a certain group of individuals would consider

themselves superior than others i.e. a country, culture, language and behaviour of one group is better than another. This is also the case with religion, where members of a certain religion would think that they are superior to other religions. Ethnocentrism is present in organisations where a manager would give preference to people of his/her ethnicity, they would receive better paying work positions, privileges in the workplace, be consider intelligent, reliable and talented.
Prejudices
Members of staff would be prejudice towards others. This would stem from their first impressions of people and cause perceptions that are not true and based on bias.
Stereotypes
Stereotypes can be defined as a thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype). In an organisation stereotypes are very common, it is damaging as this affects decisions and behaviour in the workplace. Female members of staff are often stereotype they are not considered to be as talented, reliable and capable as their male counterparts and would therefore be passed over for key positions in an organisation.