HR and the New Hispanic Workforce : A Comprehensive Guide to Cultivating and Leveraging Employee Success

The growing influence of Hispanics in the workforce has taken on a new urgency: considered by many HR experts to be one of the most significant challenges facing corporate America today. With a wealth of research and best-practice examples from corporate America's elite, these expert authors deliver both the strategies and the hands-on tools-detailed checklists, sample questionnaires and forms, and a helpful summary at the end of each chapter-to address such key issues as the increasing use of Spanish in the workplace; the need for quantitative tools for performance reviews; the need for new recruitment strategies; and benefit program changes that take into account the differing experiences, values, and needs of Hispanic workers. Louis Nevaer and Vaso Perimenis Ekstein advocate accommodating Hispanic culture and workers in your workplace. They argue that you should make changes in that direction and explain how to make them. While the authors sometimes blur the difficult line between separating out a group as "minorities" or, instead, being culturally sensitive, their advice makes sense to the extent that your company has Hispanic employees and job applicants. The authors' counsel on how to check for hidden bias in your workplace is quite good, although their mandate for bilingualism may apply only in places where that is already an expected element of the local culture. Employers will benefit from the book's discussion of the cultural significance of work and extended family for Hispanics. getAbstract recommends this book to human resource managers working with Hispanic employees, with the note that the applicability and practicality of some of its suggestions may depend on the individual needs of your particular company Employee selection: how to find, attract, and select the best Hispanic candidates HR policies : why employee policies and manuals are necessary Performance management : how to evaluate the performance of Hispanic employees Training and development : how successful companies nurture their Hispanic workforce Employee relations and retention : how to keep Hispanic employees challenged and satisfied Appendixes Hispanic versus Latino in the workplace Important Hispanic dates and events Professional, trade, social, and political organizations for Hispanic employees. "Considered one of the most significant challenges facing corporate America today, cultivating the talents of the growing Hispanic workforce has taken on new urgency. HR and the New Hispanic Workforce gathers together a wealth of original research and best-practice examples to bring into focus the cultural nuances that inform the Hispanic experience, the influence their values and needs have on workplace performance, and what HR needs to do to capitalize on this unprecedented change."--Jacket