Polyculturalism research should develop further before recommending organizational implementation strategies

Abstract

Polyculturalism could represent an important contribution to future organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies, but the polyculturalism research may not be developed enough to contribute to current organizational DEI strategies. Because of the underdeveloped status of the research, “no major criticisms have been raised about polyculturalism at this point” (Valenzuela & Bernardo, 2023, p. 29). This lack of criticism prevents researchers from systematically addressing the limitations of this ideology when developing recommendations for how to successfully integrate polyculturalism into organizational DEI strategies. Consequently, I argue that the literature must be further developed and provide a nonexhaustive list of concerns that should be addressed before researchers recommend the integration of polyculturalism into DEI strategies.