DD11HW2 Individual Resource Evaluation, Part 2

This article was published in 2012 and includes 12 different references, most of which are from peer-reviewed journals. Diversity in the workplace is defined and described, followed by strategies in managing diversity, and the description of the study itself. This article is organized and includes strengths, barriers and limitations to the study, which shows all various points of view (1). The tool used in this study was a validated tool developed by a team of researchers and professionals and the response rate was 88%, which is good; however, the authors did not provide information on how they distributed the survey and collected results. They are missing that in their methodology. Also, their sample size was 300 people, which was a decent sample size for this study, but may not be large enough to make generalizations across all workplaces (1).


1. Patrick, Harold Andrew, and Vincent Raj Kumar. Managing Workplace Diversity. Sage Open. 2012; 2(2): 2158244012444615. doi: 10.1177/2158244012444615.