At the Heart of a Diversity Program

In a recent study (Kalev et al. 2006) °, three sociologists examined data from 1971 to 2002 for 708 private-sector establishments (white and black men and women were considered in this study) to evaluate the efficacy of various programs to increase the diversity at upper levels of management. 

The authors indicate that employers have experimented with three broad approaches to promoting diversity establishing organizational responsibility for diversity (by appointing a person or committee to be responsible for managing diversity) reducing the social isolation of women 

Diversity by Design Guide to Fostering Diversity in the Civil Engineering Workforce 

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