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Press releaseCountering the shortage of skilled workers – concrete starting points for the labour market

The skills and labour shortage is already posing major challenges for the labour market in Germany. The BiB has identified in its research ways to offset the future decline in the labour force.

Edited BooksKulturelle Vielfalt der öffentlichen Verwaltung

Repräsentation, Wahrnehmung und Konsequenzen von Diversität

Ette, Andreas; Straub, Sophie; Weinmann, Martin; Schneider, Norbert F. (2021)

Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft 55. Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Barbara Budrich

The study is the first to examine comprehensively cultural diversity in federal administration in Germany. It focuses on the way in which employees with a migrant background are represented regarding their individual employment situation and career trajectories, and on individual attitudes of employees towards the organisational culture and diversity management of their respective organisation. The study is based on an online survey among approximately 50,000 employees in 55 federal administration offices.