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Development of an Organizational Diversity Needs Analysis (ODNA) Instrument
Author(s) -
Dahm Molly J.,
Willems Edwin P.,
Ivancevich John M.,
Graves Daniel E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00439.x
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , dimension (graph theory) , psychology , institution , organisation climate , survey instrument , organization development , knowledge management , test (biology) , diversity management , applied psychology , social psychology , computer science , sociology , social science , mathematics , paleontology , anthropology , pure mathematics , biology
Researchers have suggested that diversity is beneficial in organizational settings under conditions in which managers can manage it effectively. The goal of the current paper was to develop a general, theoretically anchored measure of diversity needs. Such an instrument could be used to evaluate the existing diversity climate in an organization. Once the climate is assessed, managers can, if necessary, develop, implement, and assess a customized training program to improve their institution's diversity‐management practices. A two‐study approach is used to examine, determine, and test an eight‐dimension instrument, designated the Organizational Diversity Needs Analysis survey.