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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED131136 AUTHOR: Daum, Jeffrey W.
TITLE: Equal Employment Legislation: Alternative Means of
Compliance.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 18 p.; Modification of a paper presented at the
Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (New
Orleans, Louisiana, 1976)
ABSTRACT: Alternative means of compliance available to
organizations to bring their manpower uses into line with
existing equal employment legislation are discussed in this
paper. The first area addressed concerns the classical
approach to selection and placement based on testing
methods. The second area discussed reviews various
nontesting techniques, such as training and orientation
immersion programs. The third section looks at affirmative
action programs and their impact on compliance. Finally,
based on present trends, an extrapolation is made of future
means of compliance available to organizations. One factor
which is apparent with respect to existing manpower
management systems and which is reflected in the
alternative
means of compliance discussed in this paper is the need for
the "intake" functions of organizations to become more
sensitive to the idiosyncratic strengths and weaknesses of
the (new) employees. It is emphasized that educators need
to
demonstrate a strong advocacy to the ideology behind the
existing legislation--that of insuring equal opportunity to
all individuals based solely on job performance
capabilities. (Author/AM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Employment-Patterns;
Employment-Services; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Personnel
Policy; Testing-Problems
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Discriminatory-Legislation; *Employment
Opportunities; *Employment-Practices; *Law-Enforcement;
*Organizational-Climate; *Organizational-Effectiveness
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