Managing Hispanic and Latino Employees

Conclusion

The information provided in this book can be overwhelming, simply because it addresses the complexity of the “mosaic” that constitutes the “Hispanic” identity in the United States. Non-Hispanic managers and professionals, who see the workplace change around them as Hispanics, Latinos, and Latins surge into the American workforce, have long voiced concerns about how to make sense of the changes around them. This has, sadly, been complicated by the uniformed nature of the U.S.-born “Latino” compatriots who, severed from their culture by virtue of living in the Hispanic diaspora, remain woefully uninformed; most Latinos do not know enough Spanish to translate “To Whom It May Concern” properly. The result has been that non-Hispanic managers ...