TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to report on a research day on the theme of diversity, held at the Centre for Employment Studies Research – formerly the Employment Studies Research Unit at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.Design/methodology/approach– The report is based upon observations, notes and discussions of the papers presented that represented work in progress on a range of diversity issues, specifically ethnicity, gender, age and disability.Findings– The presentations highlighted the mixed outcomes of anti‐discrimination legislation in the context of organisational objectives and practices and individual worker attitudes.Originality/value– This report brings together a number of important themes, highlighting and synthesising the complex relationship between anti‐discrimination legislation and the role of organisations and employees. VL - 27 IS - 4 SN - 0261-0159 DO - 10.1108/02610150810874340 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150810874340 AU - Durbin Susan AU - Lovell Lin AU - Winters Janet PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - Diversities in an organisational context T2 - Equal Opportunities International PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 396 EP - 400 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -