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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: 72-26761 AUTHOR: Segal, Judith
TITLE: Affirmative Action: Shared responsibility? Special
Issue: Education and training in Canadian human services.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
JOURNAL: Canadian-Journal-of-Community-Mental-Health; 1984
Fal Vol 3(2) 73-78
ABSTRACT: Discusses implications for women of the
implementation of the affirmative action and equal
opportunity employment programs in Canada. It is argued
that the use of "feminine" skills such as compassion,
empathy, and sensitivity can be most effectively directed
toward each woman herself and that while these skills can
facilitate work relationships, they must be supported and
complemented with directness, clarity of idea presentation,
and skill demonstration in order to be significant. It is
concluded that affirmative action training of women and
other minorities to be competent professionals must be
skill based, with a strong emphasis on building
self-esteem. (French abstract) (13 ref) (PsycLIT Database
Copyright 1985 American Psychological Assn, all rights
reserved)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: HUMAN-FEMALES; AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION; CANADA-
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