Question

What are the two challenges associated with multicultural leadership in public health.

Answer 1

Multicultural leadership is a leadership framework that respects the differences between cultures and attempts to make room for different cultural perspectives within the context of an organization.

They are;

1. organizational structure challenges;
2. work nature challenges

Organizational structure challenges;

The existence of various professions in a public health setting can increase specialization and horizontal differentiation which can in turn lead to conflicts in communication and coordination.Also, the manager's insufficient authority to recruit, relocate, promote, and dismiss the personnel decreases the leader-fellow relationship and minimizes job satisfaction.

Work nature challenges

The sensitiviy and the stress involved in the work is considered as work challnges.