A worker from a working-class background who originally went to a comprehensive school has been appointed to work in the civil service, where most of their co-workers are from middle class backgrounds and attended public schools. Whilst the worker has been appointed on the basis of their skills and qualifications, they feel that they also have to adjust their accent to sound more middle class and to hide their working-class regional accent in order to fit in with the culture of the organizations. Which element of Shore et al's (2011) framework for inclusion best describes this?
A) Exclusion
B) Differentiation
C) Assimilation
D) Inclusion

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Assimilation is where somebody feels that they have to tone down aspects of their identity in order to fit in with the dominant culture in an organization and to be accepted within that culture.

A Worker from a Working-Class Background Who Originally Went to a Comprehensive