Assessing organizational diversity with the Shannon index /
This book provides a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the application of Shannon-based diversity indices to the workplace. It offers human resources practitioners and researchers in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors a hands-on guide on how to measure demographic and organizational...
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2023. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This book provides a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the application of Shannon-based diversity indices to the workplace. It offers human resources practitioners and researchers in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors a hands-on guide on how to measure demographic and organizational diversity with the Hill, Heip, Hurlbert, and Sheldon evenness indices. |
Carrier Form: | xxii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-306) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781527594340 1527594343 |
Index Number: | HF5549 |
CLC: | F272.9-32 |
Call Number: | F272.9-32/G898-2 |
Contents: | Introduction -- Shannon diversity index -- Measurement of gender diversity -- Measurement of ethnic diversity -- Measurement of age diversity -- Composite index of organizational diversity -- Analysis of diversity with ordinary least squares (OLS) regression -- Analysis of diversity with robust regression -- Analysis of diversity with Tobit regression -- Analysis of diversity with quantile regression -- Analysis of diversity with ridge regression -- Comparison of statistical methods -- Path analysis of public sector diversity. |