Research Reports

Published: June 2007

ISBN: 0-85946-451-2

Price: Free to download

"Management recruitment: understanding routes to greater diversity" explores where people from diverse groups look for work, what attracts them to a job and to a particular employer. It encourages employers to develop their understanding of job search habits if they are to avoid overlooking the talents of diverse groups when recruiting.

The research suggests that perceptions of prejudice may be a key factor behind the desire to find new jobs, with 1 in 3 Asian managers and 20 per cent of black managers identifying racial discrimination as a barrier to career progression. Further evidence of discrimination is uncovered when respondents reacted to questions about development opportunities.

Produced following a major research programme by the Chartered Management Institute, the Department for Work & Pensions and the Institute for Employment Studies, the report provides a picture of the different career aspirations of managers from under represented groups and the barriers that they perceive themselves facing. 

Full report: "Recruitment of Under-Represented Groups into the Senior Civil Service"

The full report is published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It provides more detailed information on the job search behaviours and perceptions of senior potential candidates from under-represented groups, to help target these groups for recruitment to senior management posts.

The 187-page report, written by Hülya Hooker, Nick Jagger and Susanna Baldwin of the Institute of Employment Studies, can be downloaded from the DWP's website.