Implementing Public Programs: Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Administrative Policy Options
Abstract
An increasingly controversial area within the realm of governmental hiring policies lies in the distinction between the passive or colorblind approach to equal employment opportunity and the results-based orientation more commonly associated with affirmative action programs. A national survey of urban personnel managers revealed a marked tendency to prefer policies perceived to be less compensatory toward protected classes and more compatible with merit norms. The authors conclude that the EEO bias characteristic of most city officials coupled with the staffing and personnel management philosophy of the Reagan Administration does not augur well for the future of affirmative action program implementation.
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The process-oriented approach is often favored by hiring managers and is more consistent with White cultural notions of meritocracy.
“The process-oriented approach is often favored by hiring managers (Davis & West, 1984), and it is more consistent with the White cultural notions of meritocracy.”
From In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library (2015) · cites this paper as Davis & West, 1984
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- Authors
- Davis, C. E., & West, J. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Wyoming (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Venue
- Review of Public Personnel Administration
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1984-07
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 16-30
- ISSN
- 0734-371X (ISSN-L)
- 1552-759X
- OpenAlex
- W2470877707
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 40.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Public Personnel Administration (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Discrimination and Equality Law
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Keywords
- equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, civil service recruitment, protected classes, program implementation
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