In this report Sara Charlesworth, Philippa Hall and Belinda Probert look at what motivates 'best practice' organisations to take action around equal employment opportunity for women and how they implement, monitor and sustain such 'EEO/diversity action' over time.

This project used a case-study approach to provide a series of rich accounts about the introduction, implementation and evaluation of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity strategies in twelve Australian organisations.Focused on in-depth interviews with key personnel from the Chief Executive Officer to those women intended to benefit from such strategies, the research provided ground-breaking evidence about the drivers behind such organisational change, the factors associated with successful implementation, and the range of indicators on which such strategies have been evaluated.

The publication was launched by the NDTT at AMP in Sydney on 19 July 2005, and was published online by RMIT Publishing on Informit e-library. Online access to the research report can be ordered from Informit e-library (RMIT Publishing 03 9925 8251 or email [email protected]).