Increasing diversity as an HRM change strategy

In order to manage strategic demographic change in economic and labor markets, a common human resource (HR) change strategy is to increase the diversity of the workforce through hiring over time. This study examined department level consensus and valence regarding an organizational HR strategy to sh...

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Published inJournal of organizational change management Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 328 - 352
Main Authors Ernst Kossek, Ellen, Markel, Karen S, McHugh, Patrick P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.06.2003
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Climate
Demographics
Demography
Human resource management
Labor market
Minority & ethnic groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Organization theory
Organizational change
Social construction
Studies
Workforce planning
Workplace diversity
United States > US
Human resource management
Change management
Diversity
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Summary:In order to manage strategic demographic change in economic and labor markets, a common human resource (HR) change strategy is to increase the diversity of the workforce through hiring over time. This study examined department level consensus and valence regarding an organizational HR strategy to shift demography toward greater diversity in race and sex composition over an eight-year period. Though the organization had experienced significant change in organizational demography: an increase in the overall representation of white women (36 percent) and minorities (41 percent) over time; work group members in units with the greatest change did not necessarily agree nor hold positive perceptions regarding these HR changes. The results show that HR strategies that focus on structural change without working to develop supportive group norms and positive climate may be inadequate change strategies.
ISSN:0953-4814
1758-7816
DOI:10.1108/09534810310475550