Female Perceptions On Employment Equity: Is The Glass Ceiling Cracking?

SA Journal of Human Resource Management

 
 
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Title Female Perceptions On Employment Equity: Is The Glass Ceiling Cracking?
 
Creator Van Zyl, Betsi Roodt, Gert
 
Subject human resource management; employment relations; organisational behaviour Female Perceptions On Employment Equity
Description The primary objective of this study was to assess if there were any perceptual differences between gender groups regarding employment equity practices. A sample of 4729 participants from different companies and industries completed the Employment Equity Questionnaire. Results from an ANOVA indicated that there were significant differences between gender groups, but only a small portion of the variance was explained by perceptual differences on employment equity practices. The instrument thus possesses some discriminant validity. Further analyses on an item level indicated that there were significant differences between gender groups, but these differences were not attributable to gender stereotypes. Specific employment equity practices were identified that need closer attention from management’s side to address gender discrimination.

OpsommingDie primêre doelwit van hierdie studie was om vas te stel of daar enige perseptuele verskille tussen geslagsgroepe bestaan ten opsigte van werkgelykheidspraktyke. ’n Steekproef van 4729 deelnemers uit verskillende ondernemings en bedrywe het die Employment Equity Questionnaire voltooi. Die resultate van ’n ANOVA het aangedui dat daar beduidende verskille tussen geslagsgroepe bestaan, maar dat slegs ’n klein gedeelte van die variansie aan perseptuele verskille ten opsigte van werksgelykheidspraktyke toegeskryf kan word. Die instrument beskik dus ook ’n mate van diskriminante geldigheid. Verdere ontledings op itemvlak het aangedui dat daar betekenisvolle verskille tussen geslagsgroepe is, maar dat hierdie verskille nie aan geslagstereotipes toegeskryf kan word nie. Spesifieke werkgelykheidspraktyke is geïdentifiseer wat nadere aandag deur die bestuurskader verdien om geslagsdiskriminasie aan te spreek.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor
Date 2003-11-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Employment Equity Questionnaire
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajhrm.v1i2.12
 
Source SA Journal of Human Resource Management; Vol 1, No 2 (2003) 2071-078X 1683-7584
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2003 Betsi Van Zyl, Gert Roodt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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