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Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
This new collection of short fiction is only the second in the author's rich career and one that displays her strengths in the genre in many facets. Opening with two novella-length works, "Butter" and "Sophia," this collection features Jones's legendary talents in a range of settings and styles, from the hyperrealist to the mystical, in intricate multipart stories, in more traditional forms, and even in short fragments. Her narrators are women and...
3) Use your difference to make a difference: how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Become more culturally competent in an increasingly diverse world Recent years have seen dramatic changes to several institutions worldwide. Our increasingly interconnected, digitized, and globalized world presents immense opportunities and unique challenges. Modern businesses and schools interact with individuals and organizations from a diverse range of cultural and national backgrounds-increasing the likelihood for miscommunication, errors in strategy,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Nikki has spent most of her life distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community. After her father's death she takes a job teaching a creative writing course in the heart of the Punjabi community. When one of the women students brings a book of erotica to class, Nicki uses it as the basis for helping these modest women unleash creativity by telling their own stories.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
1885. Ottilie Russell is British and Indian, belonging to both and neither culture. To support her little brother, Thaddeus, and her grandmother, she relies upon her skills in beetle-wing embroidery that have been passed down to her through generations of Indian women. When a stranger appears with the news that Thaddeus is now Baron Sunderson and must travel to England to take his place as a nobleman, Ottilie refuses to give up her brother. Tragedy...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Across the globe, organizations have begun to appreciate that diverse groups provide superior outcomes; however we do not know how to sustain diversity in the workplace. This book offers relatable vignettes and evidence-based skill building to close this gap"--
8) My America
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this beautiful celebration of immigration, children from around the world tell their stories, sharing their love of where they're from and where they live now--homes old and new. As they describe the foods they eat, the languages they've learned, the sports they play, and more, the differences and similarities that link us all are revealed"--
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"In the increasingly divided, volatile and often perplexing world we are living in today, organisations are realising that, in order to protect the well-being and maximise the potential of their number one asset, their people, traditional approaches to diversity and inclusion (D&I) need a rethink. This book shows how shifting the focus to building a culture of belonging is the solution that will transform organisations, improve the lives of employees...
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xlvii, 483 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Provides primary source documents focused on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Contains speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art - as well as overview information that places each document in context. International in scope.
13) Brand-new bubbe
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Language
English
Description
Jillian does not want another grandmother, after all she already has a Noni and a Gram, so when her mother marries Michael she is distinctly cool to her new bubbe--but her mother convinces her to give Bubbe a chance, and Jillian and all her grandmothers come together over a bowl of soup. Includes recipes for Matzo Ball Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, and Gazpacho.
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"This book offers five proven principles so multinational companies can advance diversity, equity, and inclusion with a nuanced understanding of local contexts across countries and cultures. It's easy to fall into the trap of using a single-culture worldview when implementing global DEI in organizations. But what makes DEI change efforts successful in one country may have opposite, unintended consequences in another. How do companies find the right...
Author
Series
Publisher
HRD Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This pocket guide will teach you the skills required to effectively manage a diverse workplace; not because it's the 'right thing to do' or your organization requires it. But because it is good for business. Gain diversity awareness, tools, knowledge and techniques necessary to lift morale, improve processes, bring access to new segments of the marketplace, enhance productivity and improve your bottom line. Step-by-step, this interactive workbook...
Author
Publisher
HRD Press
Pub. Date
Ã2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
As a leader you must be an expert at managing and motivating employees - and a whole lot more. Motivating a Multicultural Workforce is your guide to understanding and addressing the needs and concerns of those who work for you - wherever they are from - and maximizing their diverse talents.
17) Lunch from home
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Ray, Preeti, Mina, and Niki bring their favorite lunches to school, their classmates scrunch their noses and act disgusted, but the four children learn to stand up for their lunches and cultural backgrounds. Based on the real-life childhood experiences of chefs Ray Garcia, Preeti Mistry, Mina Park, and Niki Russ Federman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Globalization has created a superheated competitive business environment that demands innovation to stay ahead. But it's also created a hidden source of innovation right in your midst: the people in your organization who have deep experience in more than one culture--multiculturals. Having to integrate different cultural frameworks has enabled them to develop abilities that can contribute powerfully to building innovative organizations. David Thomas...
Author
Language
English
Description
Santa Barbara, California. Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri Fernández has never been allowed to learn Spanish. She has always been pushed away from the neighborhood they call home and toward her best friend's world of mansions and country clubs in the hopes that it will bring Ri closer to achieving the "American Dream." Her mother disappeared when Ri was young, so when Ri finds an unanswered letter from her mom begging for a visit, Ri decides...
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