1998/03/01 by MichAl E. Mor Barak, Michal Barák, David A. Cherin +2
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Environmental Sustainability in Business #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
paper · doi:10.1177/0021886398341006
openalex publication_date 1998/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
This article reports results from an organizational evaluation examining gender and racial/ethnic differences in the diversity perceptions of 2,686 employees of an electronics company located in a multicultural community. Based on social identity and intergroup theories, the authors explore employees' views of the organizational dimension as well as the personal dimension. A factor analysis of the 16-item diversity perceptions scale uncovered four factors along the two hypothesized dimensions: Fairness and Inclusion factors comprising the organizational dimension and Diversity Value and Personal Comfort factors comprising the personal dimension. The analysis revealed that Caucasian men perceived the organization as more fair and inclusive than did Caucasian women or racial/ethnic minority men and women; Caucasian women and racial/ethnic minority men and women saw more value in, and felt more comfortable with, diversity than did Caucasian men. The article discusses implications for practice and future research.