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US Organizations’ Response to AIDS in the Workplace

Kohl, John P.; Miller, Alan N. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 4, pp. 43-51

Since first identified in June 1981, 315,390 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States and 194,354 Americans have died of the disease, as of 30 June 1993. Worldwide, 718,894 cases of AIDS have been reported and 13 million people are believed to be infected with the HIV...

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A Practical Guide to Gender Neutral Language

Pitt, M.J. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 41-44

Documents ranging from advertisements to policy statements do not have to be either sexist or clumsily anti‐sexist. There is a middle ground of neutral writing which avoids sex bias, and communicates without giving offence. Analyses the problem and suggests practical ways for management to...

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Gendered organizational cultures in Canadian work organizations: implications for creating an equitable workplace

Wicks, David; Bradshaw, Patricia - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 4, pp. 372-381

Results of a survey of Canadian work organizations reveal a broad set of gendered values embedded in organizational cultures. The findings of this study show stereotypically masculine values in the culture of these organizations and a desired change toward a culture that is more friendly, less...

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The impact of employment legislation on micro businesses

Pratten, J.D.; Lovatt, C.J. - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 12 (2005) 2, pp. 290-300

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the extent to which public house licensees conform with employment legislation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines legislation within the hospitality industry. Five aspects of the legislation were selected and a case study approach was...

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The Disability Discrimination Act and SMEs: the future of the threshold

Goss, Fiona; Goss, David - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 5 (1998) 3, pp. 270-280

Discrimination Act (DDA). It considers the “20‐employee threshold” which exempts organisations with fewer than 20 employees from the … Act’s anti‐discrimination provisions. The attitudes and practices of small employers towards people with disabilities are …

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The effects of obesity, gender and specialty on perceptions of physicians’ social influence

Stearns, James M.; Borna, Shaheen; Sundaram, Srinivasan - In: Journal of Services Marketing 15 (2001) 3, pp. 240-250

This research examines the effects of obesity, gender, and specialty on the social influence of physicians. Recent research in other areas of social science indicates that the effects of gender are declining, but the effects of the obesity physical appearance dimension linger. For physicians,...

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Commentary: vulnerable consumers in service settings

Rosenbaum, Mark Scott; Seger-Guttmann, Tali; Giraldo, Mario - In: Journal of Services Marketing 31 (2017) 4/5, pp. 309-312

, natural disasters, language barriers and being the brunt of service provider discrimination. Research limitations …

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Not so Black and White : interracial marriage and wages

Houseworth, Christina; Fisher, Jonathan - In: Economic inquiry 62 (2024) 2, pp. 633-649

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On the use of outcome tests for detecting bias in decision making

Canay, Ivan A.; Mogstad, Magne; Mountjoy, Jack - In: The review of economic studies : RES 91 (2024) 4, pp. 2135-2167

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An Analysis of Discrimination Skills as a Process of Organizational Learning

Lyles, Marjorie A. - In: The Learning Organization 1 (1994) 1, pp. 23-32

greatest impact on discrimination. Discrimination skills involve the ability to discriminate or to discern differences among … important to the development of discrimination skills are commitment to past success programmes, utilizing people across … divisions/structures, and the salience of the situation. The discrimination skills were apparent by the decision rules that were …

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