Race Equality Policies at Work: Employee Perceptions of the ‘Implementation Gap’ in a UK Local Authority

Chris Creegan, Fiona Colgan, Richard Charlesworth and Gil Robinson

Work, Employment & Society, 2003, vol. 17, issue 4, 617-640

Abstract: This article examines employee perceptions of the implementation of a local authority race equality plan in the United Kingdom. It explores the way in which the changed landscape of local authorities in the 1990s affected the implementation of race equality policies. We seek to shed light on black and ethnic minority people’s experiences of their treatment within organizations in the context of the appearance of ‘institutional racism’ on the UK public agenda. We do so whilst recognizing the complex interplay of race and gender in perceptions and experiences of organizational inequalities. The analysis focuses on employee perceptions of the culture of the authority and of the performance, ownership and efficacy of the race equality plan. The article highlights the importance of exploring and understanding workforce perceptions of equal opportunities policies.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017003174002

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