Exploring employees' attitudes towards employment equity from a social identity perspective
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description: Employees from different racial and gender groups in South Africa tend to differ in their attitudes towards Employment Equity (EE) strategies, particularly, towards preferential treatment in terms of EE. Negative attitudes towards preferential treatment in turn may act as contributing factors to demographic changes towards a more representative workforce being slow in organisations. The objective of the study was to explore factors that influence this difference in employees? attitudes from a Social Identity Theory (SIT) perspective.
abstract: Employees from different racial and gender groups in South Africa tend to differ in their attitudes towards Employment Equity (EE) strategies, particularly, towards preferential treatment in terms of EE. Negative attitudes towards preferential treatment in turn may act as contributing factors to demographic changes towards a more representative workforce being slow in organisations. The objective of the study was to explore factors that influence this difference in employees? attitudes from a Social Identity Theory (SIT) perspective.
author: Nujjoo, Sayyideena Aleeshah
language: eng
date published: 2013
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:22:52Z
provider: University of Cape Town
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Organisational Psychology

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6836