In Canada multiculturalism is seen to be a norm, especially where I come from. However, according the article “How an ethic-sounding name can affect the job hunt” a study conducted had sent out 7000 resumes to potential employers and numbers significantly proves the fact that a name is an identity but it also determines an individual’s liabilities for success. Employers of Companies who are reluctant to change may be based on their rigid organizational culture where implementing change would throw off their norms within the organization. This would come with a price since if there’s a resistance to change then there is a resistance to new knowledge and people with a different set of skills being rejected. Thus, keeps an organization idle when wanting to grow in sectors of organizational efficiency, employment structure and innovation. Although it is hard to change the norms of an organization; the nature of the workforce, technology, social trends and world politics will only be acted upon with change and this may particularly be change in an organizations employee structure.

Above is researcher; Philip Oreopoulos, assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto and co-author of the study.