This paper discusses gaps in the text and provides suggestions for future research on diversity training. ... The requirement to amplify knowledge between state and local organizations on top practices in diversity management remains unspoken. ... Thus, attendance requirements continue to be an unresolved controversy in the writing on diversity training (Thomas, 1991). The disagreement in support of mandatory attendance has received some practical support-mandatory management attendance was confidently associated with the perceived accomplishment of diversity training. ... For instance, Ric...

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From their vantage point on the corporate ladder, women can see the high-level corporate positions but are kept from "reaching the top" (Breaking the glass ceiling) What is the glass ceiling? The term "glass ceiling" refers to the level beyond which qualified women and minorities are denied the opportunity to advance into management level positions regardless of their accomplishments and merits. ... A 1983 survey of 800 business leaders by Sirota & Alpen Associates found that out of 25 human resource priorities, affirmative action for women and minorities ranked 23rd. ... • Women e...

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Thus affirmative action laws impose temporary requirements to correct underutilization of these groups (e.g., goals and timetables for increasing the number of minorities and women in a facility)" (Gutman, 1993, p.9). ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... Another problem caused by affirmative action is that it often places a stigma on any groups, which receive preferential treatment, especially on individuals who earn positions because of their ability. ... Nye st...

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Thus affirmative action laws impose temporary requirements to correct underutilization of these groups (e.g., goals and timetables for increasing the number of minorities and women in a facility) (Gutman, 1993, p.9). ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... Another problem caused by affirmative action is that it often places a stigma on any groups, which receive preferential treatment, especially on individuals who earn positions because of their ability. ... Nye sta...

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Several organisations have carried out research to try to establish how many people have experienced sexual harassment at work. ... Only 5% of those who told the Industrial Society they had been harassed pursued a formal complaint, IDS research found the same percentage complained formally, while an LSE study in 1989 found that 25% of incidents were formally reported. ...

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