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Deloitte is a pioneer in the measurement of employee cultural diversity. Using an innovative approach, they have uncovered key insghts to guide their talent development strategy. Read some of the highlights of what they found.
OriginsInfo partnered with Fairfax Media to analyse the performance of high achieving students in the 2013 NSW HSC examinations. The analysis revealed significant variation in the outcomes for students from different cultural backgrounds. Read on for more.
Research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA) and OriginsInfo reveals that ASX 200 senior executives from an Asian background are under-represented.
Tennis is one of Australia’s most popular participation sports. It is also one of the most multicultural. OriginsInfo’s research establishes a benchmark against which other sports can be measured.
Analysis of the AEC 2013 Election Candidates list reveals that would-be MPs from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds are under-represented.
Comprising 30% of the world’s population and with a combined spending power estimated at US$2.1 trillion, the Muslim population is one of the fastest growing in the world. Yet this sizeable and influential group is largely being overlooked in targeted marketing.
Some names are declining in popularity as connotations about a name evolve over time and people respond by choosing alternatives.
This Vietnamese article celebrates the rise of Nguyen as a popular family name in Australia.
As language and meaning evolve, some previously widely used names have become less common as individuals gradually adopt less embarrassing alternatives. This newspaper article describes the outcomes of a comparative study of name frequencies in Britain over the period 1881 to 2008.
This additional article on the challenge to the dominance of Anglo-Celtic names in Australia highlights the rise of Vietnamese population and their associated names. Recent demographic change in Australia and the relatively low diversity of family names among Vietnamese and Chinese populations contribute to this trend.
This article on the rising challenge to the dominance of Anglo-Celtic names highlights the effect of variation within the names of cultural groups. Italian and Greek have considerable variation whereas Asian names tend to be less broad ranging. Recent demographic change in Sydney underscores the wider Australian experience.
As a result of migration patterns over the 150 years, some Anglo-Celtic names, notably those of Cornish origin, are now more common in Australian than in Britain. Also, the growing links with Asia are reflected in the dominance of names from the Asian region – all but three of the top twenty non Anglo-Celtic names are of Asian origin.
This additional article on the challenge to the dominance of Anglo-Celtic names in Australia highlights the rise of Vietnamese population and their associated names. Recent demographic change in Australia and the relatively low diversity of family names among Vietnamese and Chinese populations contribute to this trend.