Human Resource Structures: Reducing Discrimination or Raising Rights Awareness?

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  • ELIZABETH HIRSH
  • JULIE A. KMEC
چکیده

IND Pub * Ithac WA. cally. Mont Oppo and comm Using data from 84 hospitals linked to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination-charge data, we consider how four human resource (HR) structures affect hospitals’ receipt of discrimination charges. HR structures that establish accountability (affirmative action plans, EEO units) are marginally related to charges. Structures that moderate bias (management diversity training) reduce the odds of receiving a charge while structures that raise employees’ rights awareness (employee diversity training) increase the odds of receiving a charge. Structures relate differently to sexual harassment versus personnel charges.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009