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Role of Diversity in Enhancing Cognitive Learning and Performance


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1 Faculty Member, IITM Janakpuri New Delhi, India
2 Faculty Member, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
 

Purpose: To view how cognitive learning effectively improves organization climate this subsequently enhances organization development through process management. The present study adds a new construct-cognitive learning to the existing dimensions of diversity.

Methodology: Desk research was undertaken to identify the gaps in the literature. The study used meta-analysis to assess the level of cognitive learning with relevance of organizational behavior in terms of diversity. The multi-stage stratified sampling technique is adopted to gather information from multi-specialty hospitals in NCR with the samples size of 200.

Findings: The study reveals that the organizations that have cognitive learning as a texture and structure are found to be more tolerant and show more patience. Moreover, they like to take more challenges and they easily adapt themselves to the changing environment. The organizations with diverse workforce develop a culture of non- discrimination, non-interference and flexibility.

Conclusion: The researchers would be able to construct empiric and theoretical evaluations in the framework of perspectives explored in the paper


Keywords

Diversity, Cognitive Learning, Tolerance, Adaptability, Flexibility.
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Authors

Priyanka Indoria
Faculty Member, IITM Janakpuri New Delhi, India
N. Ravichandran
Faculty Member, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Purpose: To view how cognitive learning effectively improves organization climate this subsequently enhances organization development through process management. The present study adds a new construct-cognitive learning to the existing dimensions of diversity.

Methodology: Desk research was undertaken to identify the gaps in the literature. The study used meta-analysis to assess the level of cognitive learning with relevance of organizational behavior in terms of diversity. The multi-stage stratified sampling technique is adopted to gather information from multi-specialty hospitals in NCR with the samples size of 200.

Findings: The study reveals that the organizations that have cognitive learning as a texture and structure are found to be more tolerant and show more patience. Moreover, they like to take more challenges and they easily adapt themselves to the changing environment. The organizations with diverse workforce develop a culture of non- discrimination, non-interference and flexibility.

Conclusion: The researchers would be able to construct empiric and theoretical evaluations in the framework of perspectives explored in the paper


Keywords


Diversity, Cognitive Learning, Tolerance, Adaptability, Flexibility.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2021%2Fv17%2Fi2%2F210547