MODERN WORKPLACE
Cultural Awareness in the
‘lucky countries’
By Holona and Trish Lui
A
vibrant multi-cultural societies.
Cultural diversity is a rich feature of
our communities and an integral part
of our places of work.
We are both populated by people
from all over the world. We are
On one level our diversity is highly
visible, while on others, particularly
in the workplace, our diversity is
seemingly under-acknowledged and
‘invisible’. However this is changing
ustralia and New Zealand
are often talked about as
the ‘lucky countries’. We
live in resource ‘rich’, largely safe
environments, we are relatively
wealthy, well-governed and politically
stable first world countries.
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and there is a growing recognition
and gradual acceptance that there
is a need for greater appreciation of
the different cultural perspectives we
all bring to the workplace.
There is an increasing call for
‘Cultural Awareness’ training but
some are wondering, “What is this
‘Cultural Awareness’? And how