Examination of workforce diversity management in the perspective of human resources management

In this study; despite the increasing importance of the globalizing world, the issue of the management of workforce diversity, which are not considered sufficiently in our country, has been addressed in terms of human resources management. Purpose of the study; to determine the characteristics of employees perceived as diversity, attitudes of human resources managers towards workforce diversity, the benefits and disadvantages of workforce diversity to enterprises, and the human resource management practices developed by enterprises for workforce diversity. In this study which is a qualitative research, general screening model and focus group interview method was used. The universe of the research; are the HR managers of the private sector related companies with a number of employees over 150, associated with PERYÖN. Focus group interviews; it was held on 07-08-09 March 2017 with a total of 12 participants. The data of the research; it was obtained through the focus group interview and the information form where the information about the managers and the companies they worked in was asked. The data were gathered under predetermined themes using Microsoft Excel program and analyzed by descriptive analysis method. As a result of the research; the majority of the participants were optimistic; intergenerational differences, gender, religion, dress and physical appearance, sexual orientation, status, culture and city-region differences were found to be prominent workforce diversity. In addition, in each of the human resource management functions, many applications have been identified for the management of workforce diversity. Keywords: Human resources management, workforce diversity management, focus group interview.