Interviews with 21 school-to-work partnership directors identified school, workplace, societal, and individual barriers encountered by minority youth. Significant barriers included poverty, school personnel's resistance to change, lack of cultural understanding, lack of integrated and relevant curriculum, and school-business communication. (SK)

Women face conflicts between work and family responsibilities, especially in relation to pregnancy, child care, and elder care. Employment practices such as family-friendly policies, fringe benefits, and support services are needed to help them resolve these conflicts. (SK)

Interviews with 21 school-to-work directors identified barriers to successful transition of minority youth into the work force, including poverty, resistence to change, lack of understanding regarding different cultures, lack of integrated/relevant curriculum, and lack of communication between businesses and schools. Initiatives that assist…

Interviews with 21 school-to-work partnership directors identified initiatives that assist minority youth: (1) school based (integrated curriculum, staff training, mentoring, career exploration, parent involvement); (2) work based (diversity training, mentoring, career development, equity policies); and (3) sensitive workplaces (successful…

In-depth interviews with 12 diversity experts identified organizational and individual barriers inhibiting development of a diverse workforce. Primary reasons for diversity initiatives included improving productivity, enhancing social responsibility, and addressing legal concerns. (SK)

The current status of diversity initiatives in eight U.S.-based multinational corporations was examined through a process involving semistructured interviews of diversity managers and analysis of their annual reports for fiscal 1996 and related documents. The 8 corporations were randomly selected from the 30 multinational corporations in Illinois.…

The literature on diversity in the work force was reviewed to determine the complexity and breadth of workplace diversity issue and identify trends in diversity management and training. The literature review focused on the following: definition of diversity; changing society and work force; reasons organizations are managing and valuing diversity;…

To obtain information on workplace diversity initiatives and programs, 12 diversity experts were interviewed. Participants identified organizational and individual barriers to the advancement of diverse groups in the workplace. The following factors were most likely to influence diversity in the workplace: demographic changes, global marketplace,…