Focuses on affirmative action programmes in India for people belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the sphere of employment. The constitutional safeguards and the measures initiated to give effect to them are briefly reviewed. Examines the progress achieved in realizing...

Analyses the magnitude and complexity of the challenge of diversity in managing people in the Indian workplace. Considers the challenges for human resource management in the 1990s, and highlights the major issues and opportunities in coping with these challenges. Aims to provide direction for...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess cognitive, affective, and behavioral reactions of employees to merger and acquisition (M&A) situations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports responses of 225 managers of four banks that have gone through mergers (two merger cases),...

Addresses the two important trends of the 1990s: workforce diversity and growing competitive challenge as a result of globalization. Considers the social, economic and political issues involved. Asks whether the trends are compatible, and whether solutions to one trend are creating problems in...

Since the mid‐fifties, employment discrimination against minority groups and women has been a matter of considerable social and political concern in America. Numerous studies have found the prevalence of discrimination in the workplace towards blacks, females, and other minority groups. This...