Abstract

Migration is common in today’s globally connected world. Individuals are crossing borders, living and working in other countries, and having children who grow up with multiple cultures and may themselves migrate to different locations. How do these individuals see themselves culturally? How does culture influence them and their organizations? Many of these individuals likely have multiple cultures, which has implications not only for understanding culture, but also associated knowledge, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the workplace. Drawing upon Vora and colleagues’ (2019) interdisciplinary review across five fields of research, Dr. Vora will discuss research on multiculturalism at the individual level. She will review how individual-level multiculturalism has been conceptualized and measured, describe major findings related to multiculturalism, and suggest some potential areas for future research.

Bio

Davina Vora (Ph.D., University of South Carolina, B.A., Wellesley College) is Professor of International Business at the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz). Her research interests relate to cross-cultural management issues, such as individual-level multiculturalism, diversity, migration, global leadership, psychological attachment, boundary spanning, and the influence of culture on individuals and groups. She has published in Journal of International Business Studies, HBR.org, Journal of International Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior, among others. She also serves on the editorial review boards of Journal of World Business and International Journal of Human Resource Management.