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§ Enhanced risk of discrimination § Management time and cost due to employee complaints Primary Subject 4: Ways to help multicultural workforces work well together - Take time to understand one another - Cultural awareness workshops - Seminars - Online Tools - Recognize different cultures behavior patterns to ensure information isn’t being missed Sources: 1. Why Diverse Teams Create Better Work by Adam Vaccaro (2014) http://www.inc.com/adam-vaccaro/diversity-and-performance.html 2. Okoro, E. & Washington, M. (2012). Workforce diversity and organizational communication: Analysis of human capital performance and productivity. Journal of Diversity Management.,7(1), 57-62 3. How a Multicultural Workforce Can Affect Teamwork & Communications in Large Companies by Tara Duggan. (2014) http://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/multicultural-workforce- can-affect-teamwork-communications-large-companies-25109.html 4. Intercultural Communication: The Disadvantages of a Multicultural Workforce by Sara Nguyen. http://nguthith.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-disadvantages-of-multicultural.html