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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY: AN EXAMPLE FROM CANADA

E. Joy Mighty (Associate Professor, Faculty of Administration, Univer‐sity of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada.)

Equal Opportunities International

ISSN: 0261-0159

Article publication date: 1 May 1996

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Abstract

Historically, Canada has always been a diverse nation made up of a wide variety of different peoples. However, the nature, causes and manifestations of diversity have been changing, along with the attitudes towards the treatment of diversity within the country's social, economic and political structures. For example, the dominant organisational culture in business and government has traditionally been created by white, able‐bodied, Canadian‐ born males with shared values and behaviours (McDonald, 1991). Other groups, described as non‐dominant or minority, were often excluded from full participation in the economic, social and political life of such organisations. Increasingly, however, non‐ dominant groups such as women, people of colour and persons with disabilities have been entering the workforce, creating the phenomenon known as workforce diversity.

Citation

Joy Mighty, E. (1996), "FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY: AN EXAMPLE FROM CANADA", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 15 No. 5, pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010667

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