TY - JOUR

T1 - Race Relations in Industry:Problems and Prospects for Equal Opportunity

AU - Knights, David

AU - Hitner, Trevor

PY - 1982/5/1

Y1 - 1982/5/1

N2 - This article reports on some of the research findings of a two year study on equal opportunity commissioned by the Department of Employment. Although initially conceived as an investigation of “successfully” operating equal opportunity policies in private industry, the research data suggested that effective practice follows a different line of development. For, in practice, effective equal opportunity bore a closer relationship to everyday problem-solving in organisations than to the adoption of formal policies abstracted from workplace issues and concerns. The success of equal opportunity policies and practices would appear to be contingent upon their direct relevance to workplace problems and the degree to which employees are involved in formulating and implementing them.

AB - This article reports on some of the research findings of a two year study on equal opportunity commissioned by the Department of Employment. Although initially conceived as an investigation of “successfully” operating equal opportunity policies in private industry, the research data suggested that effective practice follows a different line of development. For, in practice, effective equal opportunity bore a closer relationship to everyday problem-solving in organisations than to the adoption of formal policies abstracted from workplace issues and concerns. The success of equal opportunity policies and practices would appear to be contingent upon their direct relevance to workplace problems and the degree to which employees are involved in formulating and implementing them.

U2 - 10.1108/eb055000

DO - 10.1108/eb055000

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:84949400275

VL - 4

SP - 12

EP - 16

JO - Employee Relations

JF - Employee Relations

SN - 0142-5455

IS - 5

ER -