Take some simple steps to promote cross-cultural understanding while preserving dignity. This training organization offers open enrollment, and customized solutions, regarding leadership skills. In recent years, the U.S. IT industry has seen a marked influx of immigrant workers, wooed by tech firms who say they can't find enough Americans to fill holes on their tech staffs. But melding varying ethnic, racial, religious, and work cultures together isn't easy, and there are bound to be some feathers ruffled. The foreign influx came about primarily due to the increase of H-1B visas, reserved for foreign professionals with the equivalent of a bachelor's degree.
Many applicants are computer programmers, engineers, and data analysts.
This year and next year, U.S. tech firms will likely import even more workers if proposed bills in Congress succeed in raising H-1B approval caps or eliminating the caps entirely. Rubbing the wrong way When it comes to integrating foreign professionals, one serious source of conflict is religion. According to a 1994 HR Magazine article, many workplace management experts believe that without a clear understanding of a country's religious practices, it's very difficult to understand an immigrant's cultural background and how it may affect his work relationships. Another obvious conflict is the language barrier. American workers are sometimes frustrated communicating with co-workers whose English skills are weak.