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Development of a diversity openness climate organizational measure

Hartel, Charmine and Fujimoto, Yuka 2007, Development of a diversity openness climate organizational measure, in EURAM 2007 : Current management thinking : drawing from social sciences and humanities to address contemporary challenges, pp. 89-89.


Title Development of a diversity openness climate organizational measure
Author(s) Hartel, Charmine
Fujimoto, Yuka
Conference name European Academy of Management. Conference (2007 : Paris, France)
Conference location Paris, France
Conference dates 16-19 May 2007
Title of proceedings EURAM 2007 : Current management thinking : drawing from social sciences and humanities to address contemporary challenges
Publication date 2007
Start page 89
End page 89
Summary Although research on the diversity climate of organizations is said to be imperative for researchers and practitioners, parsimonious attempt has been made to develop its measurement items. This paper describes the development of diversity openness climate organizational measures (DOCOM). The development process involved multi-faceted input of 104 diversity stakeholders across 3 Australian states, across five industries including both private and public sectors. Final results of the Q-sort methodology produced a stable two-factor structure comprised of 21 items. Factor 1 reflected the "diversity open situation of the organization" and Factor 2 reflected "on-going recognition and support for minority members". Construct validity study included data from 15 multinational organizations. Overall, results suggest that the diversity openness climate of organizational measures (DOCOM) is a valid measure that should prove useful in the field of workforce diversity.
Language eng
Field of Research 150305 Human Resources Management
HERDC Research category L3 Extract of paper (minor conferences)
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30015915

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