Achieving an Inclusive Work Culture: Factors Contributing to Establish Inclusivity in Growing SMEs of India

• Published in: ECS transactions 2022-04, Vol.107 (1), p.20057-20063
• Main Author: R, Bhanu Prakash
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1938-5862; 1938-6737
• DOI: 10.1149/10701.20057ecst

Work culture has been a contributing factor that drives the human resources of an organization towards satisfied or dissatisfied performance. A conceptual approach is followed to understand the work culture of SMEs in India and concept of inclusivity for employees and difference in its orientation in Multinationals and SMEs. The possibilities of extending and making ‘inclusive’ work culture an integral part of the SME ecosystem is explored through previous and existing contributions and providing a pathway to identify and strengthen the factors have been identified. An attempt is made to identify whether the demographic background influences the work culture at SMEs in the Indian context. This approach paves the path to understand the formation of the ‘inclusive’ dimension at SMEs in the present Indian scenario. The findings are aimed to state the factors that contribute towards instilling inclusive work culture at SMEs casing the characteristics of the promoters, organizational culture, community variations, along with allied perspectives, which have a significant impact. Furthermore, the advantage of an inclusive work culture shall be discussed from the view of sustained growth and development perspective of the Indian SMEs.