Racism and Recruitment

Klappentext This book, first published in 1986, focuses upon the processes whereby black workers were systematically disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 1986! focuses upon the processes whereby black workers were systematically disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. Based on research into forty organisations in the public! manufacturing and retailing sectors in Britain! the book argues that straightforward! racist! direct discrimination was still a major problem during the mid-1980s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Key to quotations from the interview material; 1. Introduction; 2. Doing the research; 3. Acceptability and suitability; 4. Managers and racism; 5. Organising selection outcomes; 6. Conflicting models of recruitment; 7. Organisations and equal opportunities policies; 8. Restructuring: the price for black workers; 9. Racism and recruitment; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Jenkins, Jenkins Richard
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521125765
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12576-5
• Series: Comparative Ethnic and Race Re; Comparative Ethnic and Race Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General