Professor Santina Bertone - Victorian Local Governance Association

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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 <strong>Victorian</strong> publicsector?- Are there employment barriers, formal or informal, limiting the entry andparticipation of skilled NESB/CALD immigrants into the <strong>Victorian</strong> 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
Research Workshop – 7 JulySwinburneVictoria University Study (2010)- Asked the same questions and used the same approach, minus the focusgroups (i.e interviews only)- in total, 16 metropolitan councils were covered (when Ian Potter councilsincluded)
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