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The Under-representation of African American Employees in Animal Welfare Organizations in the United States

The Under-representation of African American Employees in Animal Welfare Organizations in the... <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this research was to document the alleged underrepresentation of African Americans employed in U.S. nonhuman animal welfare organizations. A telephone survey of 32 animal welfare organizations yielded responses from 13 with 1,584 employees. Almost all organizations were reluctant to respond. Of the 13 organizations responding, 62% (N = 8) had no African American employees. African Americans made up 4% (N = 63) of the total number of employees with only 0.8% (N = 12) at the top levels (officials, managers, and professionals). African Americans never made up more than 7% of the employees in their respective organization. This paper discusses a model of, and resources for, successful diversity building in nonprofit organizations.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Society & Animals Brill

The Under-representation of African American Employees in Animal Welfare Organizations in the United States

Society & Animals , Volume 13 (2): 153 – Jan 1, 2005

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Brill
Copyright
© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1063-1119
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1568-5306
DOI
10.1163/1568530054300217
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this research was to document the alleged underrepresentation of African Americans employed in U.S. nonhuman animal welfare organizations. A telephone survey of 32 animal welfare organizations yielded responses from 13 with 1,584 employees. Almost all organizations were reluctant to respond. Of the 13 organizations responding, 62% (N = 8) had no African American employees. African Americans made up 4% (N = 63) of the total number of employees with only 0.8% (N = 12) at the top levels (officials, managers, and professionals). African Americans never made up more than 7% of the employees in their respective organization. This paper discusses a model of, and resources for, successful diversity building in nonprofit organizations.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Society & AnimalsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2005

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