Equal Opportunities International: Volume 24 Issue 1

Hair Colour Stereotyping and CEO Selection: Can You Name Any Blonde CEOs?

Margaret B. Takeda, Marilyn M. Helms, Paul Klintworth, Joanie Sompayrac

Hair colour stereotyping is well documented in countless jokes as well as in the psychological literature. Blondes, for example, are stereotyped as incompetent, but likeable…

Ethnic Diversity in the New Zealand Police: Staff Perspectives

Sabina Jaeger, Tony Vitalis

Over seas research suggests benefits in having staff from ethnic minorities for po licing multicultural communities. This study ‐ part of a larger study investigating recruitment…

Globalisation and In equality: Some Remarks

Carlos F. Liard‐Muriente

The debate about in equality has concentrated on trade and/or technology as potential explanations. This paper argues that openness or globalisation in general, instead of the…

Completion of Naval Flight Training: Do Gender or Race Matter?

Shanan G. Gibson, James R. Gibson

Data provided by the U.S. Navy were analysed to examine differences in successful flight training completion between men and women and among minorities. Results indicated that…

Organisational Justice and Perceived Fairness of Hiring Decisions Related to Race and Gender: Affirmative Action Reactions

Amy McMillan‐Capehart, Orlando Richard

A laboratory experiment explores the perceived fairness of hiring decisions with regards to justifications that might reduce the negative reactions of job recipients. In…

Standing in the Foyer: Work Experiences of Indian Women Migrants in New Zealand

Edwina Pio

International population mobility has increased dramatically in the last ten years due to immigration policies, globalisation and skilled individual’s quest for better prospects…