TABLE 23A

CURRENT ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES
(percent yes)

FEMALES

1992

1997

Black White Black White Hispanic Asian
Recruiting events targeted toward minorities 38% 33% 29% 30% 24% 27%
n (162) (277) (196) (182) (76) (37)
Educational support programs 78 91*** 75 84 69 76*
n (161) (278) (198) (178) (77) (37)
Job sharing 15 33*** 17 28 20 14*
n (155) (277) (194) (180) (76) (35)
Childcare services 26 40** 30 35 29 27
n (159) (277) (197) (181) (75) (37)
Equal employment opportunities 88 95** NA NA NA NA
n (161) (278)
Target set for hiring minorities NA 17 11 26 22*
n (194) (180) (74) (37)
Target set for promoting minorities NA 10 9 15 5
n (193) (180) (74) (37)
Rotations provided for minorities NA 12 10 5 8
n (191) (179) (74) (37)
Minority candidate required to be on the short list for senior-level executive positions NA 4 3 8 5
n (190) (179) (74) (37)
Senior executives encouraged to mentor minorities NA 15 19 28 14
n (190) (180) (76) (37)
Diversity goals tied to business objectives NA 20 18 25 32
n (191) (178) (75) (37)
Fluency in Spanish rewarded:
with additional pay NA 5 7 22 14***
n (191) (171) (74) (36)
by providing greater visibility NA 9 8 9 22
n (191) (171) (74) (36)
by offering more promotional opportunities NA 3 4 8 6
n (191) (171) (74) (36)
not rewarded NA 84 84 66 64***
n (191) (171) (74) (36)
Organizations Internal Promotions of Healthcare Managers
Usually filled from within 29 31 30 36 32 42
About half the time filled from within 40 41 34 36 37 24
Usually filled from the outside 25 22 25 21 19 21
Do not know 6 4 7 6 9 5
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%1 100%
n (161) (276) (200) (189) (81) (38)

*Chi-square significant p<.05
**Chi-square significant p<.01
***Chi-square significant p<.001
1Percentage may not total to 100 due to rounding.


 TABLE 23B

CURRENT ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES
(percent yes)

MALES

1992

1997

Black White Black White Hispanic Asian
Recruiting events targeted toward minorities 56 33*** 35 36 37 24
n (158) (242) (159) (192) (137) (71)
Educational support programs 81 89* 86 89 79 79
n (160) (242) (159) (194) (135) (73)
Job sharing 24 26 16 29 28 23*
N (156) (242) (155) (190) (135) (73)
Childcare services 31 39 39 42 28 38
N (160) (244) (155) (192) (138) (73)
Equal employment opportunities 89 97*** NA NA NA NA
N (159) (242)
Target set for hiring minorities 17 14 20 18
N (157) (190) (137) (73)
Target set for promoting minorities NA 6 9 15 10
N (155) (190) (137) (72)
Rotations provided for minorities NA 12 8 13 7
N (155) (190) (135) (72)
Minority candidate required to be on the short list for senior-level executive positions NA 11 7 9 7
N (157) (190) (135) (73)
Senior executives encouraged to mentor minorities NA 25 19 26 18
N (154) (191) (136) (73)
Diversity goals tied to business objectives NA 22 22 30 19
n (159) (190) (137) (72)
Fluency in Spanish rewarded:
with additional pay NA 6 7 16 5**
n (159) (188) (138) (73)
by providing greater visibility NA 10 17 11 10
n (159) (188) (138) (73)
by offering more promotional opportunities NA 3 3 9 1**
n (159) (188) (138) (73)
not rewarded NA 82 76 70 84
n (159) (188) (138) (73)
Organizations Internal Promotions of Healthcare Managers
Always filled within 2 5 7 6 10 8*
Usually filled from within 25 32 27 38 41 31
About half the time filled from within 41 42 37 38 27 29
Usually filled from the outside 28 18 24 16 16 22
Do not know 4 3 5 2 6 10
100 100 100 100 100 100
n (159) (240) (166) (191) (142) (72)

*Chi-square significant p<.05
**Chi-square significant p<.01
*** Chi-square significant p<.001


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