Perspectives of the implementation of human resource diversity management in Russian and Czech organizations

The human resource (HR) diversity occurs as a factor that attracts growing attention in the recent three decades seen to increase the competitiveness and effectiveness of organizations. The tendency stands in the cultural transformation of society. For organizations in Russia, it becomes revolutionary thanks to its consequences because, unlike developed countries, this means a new direction of the management and HR diversity practices happen at the beginning of the development. However, long-term demographic trends on the Russian labor market and globalization determine that it becomes a priority for organizations' management. The paper aims at the approaches regarding HR diversity and the view of the specifics utilized by managers in Russian organizations. The methodology includes on-the-desk analysis, an online questionnaire survey in Russia in 2018, and two semi-structured interviews with top managers/co-owners of Czech companies in 2019 as a basis for sharing know-how. Perspectives can be a pragmatic approach to managing HR diversity. Recommendations covering HR practices include the new orientation of managerial activities on the targeted perception, use, and support of diverse labor force, mainly on training and development of line/operational managers in diversity value and interpersonal communication in diverse workgroups