The handbook of workplace diversity.
0761944222 The handbook of workplace diversity. Ed. by Alison M. Konrad et al. Sage Publications 2006 551 pages $130.00 Hardcover HF5549 Although recognizing that in its broadest sense diversity covers all...

Attitudes of business students toward management generation cohorts.
Conflicts among generations of organizations' employees have been increasingly recognized as diversity factors that may lead to reduced organizational productivity and other measures of effectiveness. Thus, the primary purpose of this research was to evaluate empirically whether younger individuals hold younger managers in higher regard than older managers. Undergraduate...

Merck Names Winners of Women in Chemistry Scholarships.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 August 2008-Merck Names Winners of Women in Chemistry Scholarships(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Merck & Co. announced the winners of the second annual Merck Index Women in Chemistry Scholarship program. The program is designed to foster support for women choosing to...

Diversity Council and South Carolina Chamber Honor Excellence in Workplace Diversity.
COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Carolina Diversity Council, in conjunction with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, on November 14 presented the 2nd Annual Excellence in Workplace Diversity Award to Progress Energy Carolinas Inc., which is headquartered in Florence, during a gala reception and dinner at...

Housing agency improves diversity.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard Representatives from Lane County's housing agency said Wednesday that they are making good progress in promoting workplace diversity in the wake of a former employee's lawsuit, since settled, that alleged racial insensitivity. All employees at the Housing and Community Services...

SCE Ranks Among Nation's Top Companies for Minorities; Edison Outranks All Utilities in Fortune's Annual Workplace Diversity Survey.
ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Edison is the nation's top-ranking utility for diversity and one of America's top five companies overall for minorities, according to Fortune magazine's annual workplace diversity survey. Fortune ranked SCE fourth overall as the best place to work...

The changing, definition of workplace diversity.
It has been nearly 20 years since the early pioneering companies like Digital Equipment and Procter & Gamble augmented their affirmative action programs with new initiatives designed to build a more inclusive workplace. They called their new efforts "Diversity Recruiting" or "Diversity Management." In those early days, diversity programs...

Other agencies measure equality.
Byline: The Register-Guard But what about the bigger picture? The context of Lane Transit District employees' views on workplace diversity is easier to appreciate when tested against the perceptions of workers at six other public agencies in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. The comparisons...

LTD survey gauges attitudes.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard A preponderance of older white males in top management is the most pressing diversity issue at Lane Transit District, according to LTD employees in a recent workplace survey. The "climate survey" found that most LTD workers enjoy their jobs, with...

NAACP backs agency employee.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard Lane County's housing authority is a "dysfunctional" agency that lacks workplace diversity and is in denial about on-the-job discrimination, the president and the attorney of the local NAACP chapter charged Wednesday. "They have a hostile work environment and they're doing...