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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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Main Authors: Guajardo, Salomon A. (Author)
Published: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Publisher Address: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Publication Dates: 2023.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Diversity in the workplace > Statistical methods.
Statistics > Data processing.
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.

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