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This law refined the 1964 act and reinstated burden of proof falls on employers to eliminate discrimination and ensure equal opportunity in employment to employees. It also allows punitive and compens
This law prohibits discrimination against those essentially qualified individuals challenged by a disability and requires organizations to reasonably accommodate them.
This is the act under Legislation and lawsuits. This law gives full equal opportunity protection to pregnant employees.
This law at first increased the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 and then was later amended to eliminate an upper age limit altogether.
Another pragmatic reason for diversity in today's organizations stems from legislation and lawsuits. The political and legal systems have compelled organizations to hire more broadly and to provide eq
A major reason for the emergence of diversity as an important challenge is changing demographics. Older workers, women, minorities, and those with more education are now entering the workforce in reco
Following are some reasons for emergence of diversity:1. Changing workforce demographics2. Legislation and lawsuits3. Competitive pressures4. Entering into international arena
This will be one of the major challenges, on the one hand, there is the challenge to meet the expectation of the highly educated with shrinking opportunities for promotion because of the downsizing an
The term ethnicity refers to the ethnic composition of a group or organization. Census statistics indicate that between 2000 and 2050 not only will the U.S. population increase from 281 to 392 million
Besides age composition, there are also changes occurring in gender composition. Women have been entering the workforce in record numbers over last four decades. By 1975 they accounted for approximate
The changing age composition of the workforce is forcing organizations to make a number of adjustments. One is learning how to deal effectively with older workers. The number of age discrimination com
There are a number of demographic characteristics contributing to diversity. The most widely recognized involve age, gender, ethnicity, and education. A detailed description of these characteristics p
There are numerous examples demonstrating the financial benefits that can accrue to companies that embrace diversity. Here are a few: I. Xerox plants using diverse work teams are now 30 per cent more
Firms are realizing that utilizing diversity an all aspects of the workforce makes not only a strong moral sense but also business sense. By ensuring that diversity is built into various groups of mem
Diversity is dealing with a collective mixture of differences and similarities in a given group. It includes age, background, education, function, and personality. It also includes lifestyles, sexual
The social environment of an individual includes relationship with family members, friends, co-workers, supervisors and subordinates. The behavior of other (as distinct from the individual's relations
Individual behavior is influenced by a wide variety of organizational system and resources. Systems such as the organizational structure and hierarchy strongly influence and constrain both what indivi
This factor refers to all the forces operating within a person to cause him or her to engage in certain kinds of behavior rather than others. Even if all the factors are present to unless the person i
This factor is the viewpoint by which one interprets a situation. for instance, a railway booking clerk facing a well-dressed person perceives him to be of a high status and talks to him nicely, where
This factor refers to the actual skills and capabilities that a person possesses and is required for the effective performance of activities. Railways need to ensure that its employees possess the nec
This factor refers to personal traits such as dominance, aggressiveness, persistence and other qualities reflected through a person's behavior. An individual's personality determines the type of activ
There are six important factors which influence the behavior of individuals: 1. Personality 2. Ability 3. Perception 4. Motivation 5. Organizational Factors 6. Socio - Culture Factors
They behave differently to different stimuli because of a multitude of factors. These include an individual's age, sex, education, intelligence, personality, physical characteristics, experience, valu
The meaning of this behavior is related to some concrete action by a person. For instance, how a teacher behaves in the class reflects his behavior. The behavior of an individual is influenced b
Picasso had a collection of masterpieces in his home. They were hung slightly crooked, and visitors couldn't resist the temptation to straighten them. But Picasso felt that when a painting was straigh