Diversity and Human Resource Management Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RESEARCH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This report is based on an online survey that was developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) jointly with diversity scholars, Professors Jean-Francois Chanlat and Mustafa Ozbilgin at Paris-Dauphine University. The OECD survey was conducted through the support of scholars and associations of human resource managers in several countries in order to enable better understanding of human resource (HR) professionals’ experiences of and views on diversity and inclusion initiatives, their impacts and future potential. The conduct of the survey was managed by Eva Degler, Policy Analyst, International Migration Division, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. OECD developed the initiative in recognition of the fact that while:
“Diversity” has become one of the buzzwords to describe how today’s workforce has changed fun damentally over the past decades; employment rates of women have risen substantially, shares of migrants have increased in many countries, and more people than ever before are open about their sexual orientation … little is known how a more diverse society and workforce impacts the daily experiences of employees, managers and HR professionals.”
The OECD Diversity Project sought to fill this gap in the belief that the views and experiences of ‘HR professionals are crucial to inform better policy making and to work towards ensuring that a diverse workforce can benefit everyone involved.
As an affiliate of the Chaire Diversite et Management at Paris-Dauphine University, Professor Lucy Taksa (Macquarie University) was approached to facilitate the conduct of the survey in Australia in late 2017 and in December of that year the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) agreed to support the OECD initiative. AHRI also supported Professor Taksa’s proposal for the inclusion of additional survey questions on conscious and unconscious bias. OECD subsequently included several questions on bias in the survey.
AHRI’s CEO, Ms Lyn Goodear conveyed information on the survey to all AHRI members and subscribers on 5 April 2018 and invited them to complete the survey between 5 and 24 April 2018. In total the survey was completed by 431 AHRI members, the majority of whom were employed in Australia in large organisations comprised of more than 500 staff. Participants were from both public and private enterprises and all industry sectors.
This Report has been produced by Professor Lucy Taksa and Dr Nour Dados following preliminary coding analysis of survey data by Guogui Huang. This data set is cited as: OECD/University Dauphine/Australian HR Institute (2018), HR Diversity Survey.
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