Understanding and Reducing Workplace Discrimination

Abstract

Even more than 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination toward a number of groups in employment settings in the United States, workplace discrimination remains a persistent problem in organizations. This chapter provides a comprehensive review and analysis of contemporary theory and evidence on the nature, causes, and consequences of discrimination before synthesizing potential methods for its reduction. We note the strengths and weaknesses of this scholarship and highlight meaningful future directions. In so doing, we hope to both inform and inspire organizational and scholarly efforts to understand and eliminate workplace discrimination.

Citation

Cheung, H.K., King, E., Lindsey, A., Membere, A., Markell, H.M. and Kilcullen, M. (2016), "Understanding and Reducing Workplace Discrimination", Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management (Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Vol. 34), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 101-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-730120160000034010