Managing Diversity Within Cooperative Extension
Volume
32
Issue
2
Abstract
This study examined the implications of cultural diversity in Cooperative Extension. A review of the literature suggested ways through which organizations change when they become more diverse. These organizations are more able to recruit (and retain) culturally diverse staff, expand their reach, create new work and management styles, develop new patterns of interpersonal relationships, and build new structures. Focus groups with Extension staff indicated that Extension must enhance its affirmative action strategies, place greater value on diversity, concentrate on managing differences, reposition itself, create new management structures, and establish mechanisms that build a more supportive working environment.
Recommended Citation
Ewert, D., & King Rice, J. A. (1994). Managing Diversity Within Cooperative Extension. The Journal of Extension, 32(2), Article 2. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol32/iss2/2
