Cost of Code-Switching Belonging in Corporate America

By: George Paasewe

Employees of color are experiencing higher levels of burnout as they code-switch to navigate professional spaces where they are underrepresented. Employees feel compelled to code-switch in their quest for career advancement by adapting their communication, behavior, and core identity to align with corporate expectations. The consequences are strikingly evident: a surge in burnout rates, heightened dissatisfaction, a profound sense of not belonging, and resignations. In The Cost of Code-Switching: Belonging in Corporate America, author George Paasewe delves deep into the uncharted territory of code-switching in the corporate world. This eye-opening book uncovers the intricate challenges confronting employees of color in their pursuit of belonging, highlighting an overlooked crisis. George presents this book for the following purposes: ? To increase employee attraction, retention, and engagement ? To decrease the burden of code-switching on employees of color? To eliminate unconscious exclusion and marginalization of employees of color? To accelerate cultural awareness, competency, and sensitivity ? To save companies money, time, and energy on recruitment expenses

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735317675
• ISBN13: 9781735317670
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Educare Publications