Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2015, Pages 761–768
Angel J. Garcia1
1 PhD Candidate, Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN), Nicaragua
Original language: English
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21st century companies and institutions realized the need of embracing diversity and inclusion in their workforce and recruitment plans. This paper addresses the issues of diversity in the case of Silicon Valley Technology Companies in the United States. The key concepts around which this paper is build are an extensive definition of diversity, the history of equality in the US education system and statistics regarding the degree of minority persence in the Silicon Valley, with a focus on the technology companies. The paper also outlines the correlation between the level of minority presence and the female graduates of technical educational institutions in Silicon Valley.
Author Keywords: Equal Opportunities, Equality, Diversity, Education, Inclusion, Technology.
Angel J. Garcia1
1 PhD Candidate, Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN), Nicaragua
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
21st century companies and institutions realized the need of embracing diversity and inclusion in their workforce and recruitment plans. This paper addresses the issues of diversity in the case of Silicon Valley Technology Companies in the United States. The key concepts around which this paper is build are an extensive definition of diversity, the history of equality in the US education system and statistics regarding the degree of minority persence in the Silicon Valley, with a focus on the technology companies. The paper also outlines the correlation between the level of minority presence and the female graduates of technical educational institutions in Silicon Valley.
Author Keywords: Equal Opportunities, Equality, Diversity, Education, Inclusion, Technology.
How to Cite this Article
Angel J. Garcia, “Diversity Inclusion in Silicon Valley Technology Companies,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 761–768, August 2015.
