South Africa has clear rules for hiring teachers – but many educators believe other influences are stronger.
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A recent report looks at the ongoing disparities racialized immigrant women face in the Canadian labour market.
Discrimination against job applicants with ethnic minority, “foreign” names is still endemic.
The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the Democratic Alliance, holds on to its race-blindness by distorting the South African idea of “non-racialism”.
The vast majority of managers said they wanted “the best person for the job”. They had less idea of just who that might be, or how to ensure appointments on merit and equity targets co-exist.
Learners benefit from being exposed to multiple and unfamiliar teacher identities.
Research laboratories are dominated by men, and that’s not only bad for lab culture, it can be dangerous for science.
The slow pace of transformation in post apartheid South Africa is a reflection of persisting racism that has infected formal corporate institutions.
The South African gender pay gap is estimated, on average, to be between 15% and 17%. Employers are benefiting unduly from the historic undervaluing of women’s skills and contributions.
White males still dominate South Africa’s boardrooms 17 years after legislation was passed to foster the inclusion of black executives and women. Companies have not yet embraced employment equity.
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Deputy Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Human Resources Management, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW
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Associate Professor HRM/IR, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Reader in Global Management & Leadership, King's College London
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Professor, Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Lead on Labour Migration at the CERC Migration and Integration Program, TMU, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Lecturer, Cape Peninsula University of Technology