Workforce Diversity: Monitoring Employment Trends in Public Organizations

Abstract

Current research on workforce diversity and minority employment has largely ignored the use of research designs to evaluate and monitor minority employment trends within public organizations. This study presents the use of three research designs that can be utilized by human resources specialists to evaluate and monitor increases (or decreases) in workforce diversity and minority employment over time. This study also presents the statistical analyses associated with each research design. The goal of the study is to provide human resources specialists with additional techniques to further understand the dynamics of workforce diversity and minority employment within and between public organizations.