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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED205644 AUTHOR: Sie, M. A.; Robinson, S. L.
TITLE: A Study of Equal Opportunity Attitude Changes at the
Aerospace Corporation.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 20 p.; Paper presented at the Conference of the
National Association for Asian-American and Pacific
Education (Honolulu, HI, April, 1981).
ABSTRACT: An evaluation study was conducted to determine the
effects of a two day Equal Opportunity Workshop held at the
Aerospace Corporation in 1980. Information gathered before
and after the workshop regarding participants' attitudes in
three areas: (1) human relations; (2) status quo vs. changes
in the company affirmative action practice; and (3) sexism
and racism. The preworkshop survey results showed that
participants had a positive attitude toward human relations.
In their attitude toward change as opposed to status quo,
however, 24 percent were not inclined to challenge policies
that conflicted with their own values, and a comparable
percentage indicated a sense of powerlessness and fear
regarding changes. In the area of racism and sexism, 40
percent did not feel women were being discriminated against,
one-third felt that women and minorities were already given
equal opportunity, and 30 percent felt more comfortable
working with people like themselves. The post workshop test
did not indicate any substantial attitudinal shifts. In
order to effect attitudinal changes in a corporate setting,
one must thus go beyond a workshop approach. (Author/APM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Human-Relations; Program-Evaluation;
Questionnaires-; Racial-Attitudes; Racial-Bias; Sex-Bias;
Sex-Fairness
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Attitude-Change;
*Employee-Attitudes; *Workshops-
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