Culturally diverse workplaces are becoming commonplace. Amidst growing concerns about workplace racism and discrimination in multicultural societies like Australia, how positive relationships across difference at work are built has not been clearly understood. This article contributes to this discussion by exploring the development of cross-cultural conviviality in the Australian welfare workplace. Findings are based on thirty qualitative interviews with frontline workers in four Australian employment service providers. The article identifies three developmental factors leading to conviviality across difference at the welfare workplace: (1) relational leadership; (2) casual and extra-organizational socializing; and (3) intercultural civility. The article argues that the creation of workplace convivial relations requires commitment and “labor” on the part of both leadership and workers, which embodies the management of workplace cultural diversity from below.

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在澳大利亚多元文化的工作场所“与不同的人一起工作”

文化多元化的工作场所正变得司空见惯。在澳大利亚等多元文化社会中，人们对工作场所种族主义和歧视的担忧日益加剧，但人们尚未清楚地了解如何建立跨越工作差异的积极关系。本文通过探索澳大利亚福利工作场所跨文化欢乐的发展，为这一讨论做出贡献。调查结果基于对四家澳大利亚就业服务提供商的一线工人进行的 30 次定性访谈。这篇文章确定了导致福利工作场所跨差异欢乐的三个发展因素：（1）关系型领导；(2) 随意的和组织外的社交活动；(3) 跨文化文明。