Positive Action Measures Across Different Equality Grounds, Organisations and Sectors in European and Non-european Countries

Description

Yes / : This article is based on a large-scale European Commission project on international perspectives
on positive action measures. The paper presents an analysis of the perceptions of positive
action held by respondents from all the countries participating in an international survey, focussing
specifically upon differences across equality grounds, sector and organisation type. This paper will
also provide examples of positive action being applied in European and non-European countries that
participated in the study. The study adopted extensive literate and online survey to obtain data from
designers of positive action. Findings are discussed, conclusions drawn and wide-ranging recommendations
are made at the European Commission, individual countries and organisational levels.

Links & Downloads

1. Archibong U, Scally A, Eferakorho J et al (2010) Positive Action Measures Across Different Equality Grounds, Organisations and Sectors in European and Non-European Countries. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. 10(3): 175-189.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6373
3. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v10i03/39872

Tags

Affirmative action

Equality grounds

Disability

Diversity

Equal opportunities

Gender

Positive action measures.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/6373
Date	11 November 2010
Creators	Archibong, Uduak E., Scally, Andy J., Eferakorho, Jite, Darr, Aliya, Atkin, K., Baxter, C., Bell, M., Waddington, L., Wladasch, K., Bedard, T., Adejumo, O., Sharps, P.W., Bradshaw, P., Johnson, M.R.D.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, Published version
Rights	© 2010 The authors and Common Ground Publishing. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Readers must ask permission to reproduce.