Professor Santina Bertone - Victorian Local Governance Association

Research Workshop – 7 JulyThe Ian Potter study (2010)Sought to explore these questions:Swinburne- Are there factors at the workplace level which may be contributing to theunder-representation of NESB/CALD immigrants in the Victorian publicsector?- Are there employment barriers, formal or informal, limiting the entry andparticipation of skilled NESB/CALD immigrants into the Victorian publicsector?- Where applicable, how do these barriers (policies, behaviours, practices)manifest in everyday working life?- What kinds of cultural diversity management strategies seem to mitigate theeffect of such barriers, and which make them worse?- What can be done to solve the problem and how do the stakeholders(managers, employees) in the public sector view such strategies and culturaldiversity management in general?- Methodology based on interviews, focus groups and document analysis(2 local government, 2 state government agencies) and analysis of ABSCensus 2006