Cultural Competence in the Workplace

Write 6–7 pages in which you examine cultural competencies necessary to be successful in a culturally diverse work environment, along with what skills are required to develop cultural competency. Most occupations involve working with people from different cultural backgrounds. These individuals may be coworkers, clients, students, supervisors, or subordinates. In order to be successful, it is important to develop the ability to work with people from different cultures, that is, to develop cultural competence. Show Less By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Describe the relationship among culture, ethnicity, and diversity in psychology. Describe the cultural competencies necessary to be successful in a culturally diverse work environment. Competency 2: Evaluate current psychological research and theory as it relates to understanding culture, ethnicity, and diversity in psychology. Evaluate the effectiveness of the five-factor model of personality in explaining cultural competence. Explain how you would use the five-factor model to help develop better cultural competence. Competency 3: Apply an awareness of culture, ethnicity, and diversity to inform personal behavior, professional goals, and values, and to understand social pol Examine the skills and abilities required to become culturally competent. Explain how gender, personality, memory, cognition, emotions, and development affect cultural competence in the workplace. Competency 4: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology. This assessment provides an opportunity to research the issues of culture and personality. You will also examine the five-factor model (FFM) of personality. The FFM of personality is a conceptual model built around five distinct and basic personality dimensions that appear to be universal for all humans (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017): Openness. Conscientiousness. Extraversion. Agreeableness. Neuroticism. Show Less Furthermore, there will be an exploration of personality measurement across cultures. To validate personality measures cross-culturally, psychometric evidence from all cultures must exist. Reference Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2017). Culture & psychology (6th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Wadsworth. Suggested Resources The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom. Library Resources The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course: Kitayama, S. (2002). Culture and basic psychological processes—toward a system view of culture: Comment on Oyserman et al. Psychological Bulletin, 128(1), 89–96. Triandis, H. C. (1989). The self and social behavior in differing cultural contexts. Psychological Review, 96(3), 506–520. Wainryb, C. (2004). The study of diversity in human development: Culture, urgencies, and perils. Human Development, 47(3), 131–137. Weisner, T. S. (2010). John and Beatrice Whiting’s contributions to the cross-cultural study of human development: Their values, goals, norms, and practices. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41(4), 499–509. Complete the following: Describe the cultural competencies necessary to be successful in a culturally diverse work environment. Examine the skills and abilities required to become culturally competent. Explain how gender, personality, memory, cognition, emotions, and development affect cultural competence in the workplace. Evaluate how effective the five-factor model (FFM) of personality is in explaining cultural competence. Are there flaws in the model? Explain how you would use the five-factor model to help develop better cultural competence. Additional Requirements Ensure your finished assessment is 6–7 pages in length, excluding the title page and references page. Include a title page and a references page. Include an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph. Include a minimum of two research resources. Follow APA guidelines for style and formatting.