Workforce diversity
Discussion paper
Work solutions: improving cultural diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Victoria would do well to make the most of its human resources and embrace newcomers who want to work no matter where they have been educated and gained their skills and experience. Recent research shows that the most productive, profitable and innovative organisations are those with a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Report
Review into the treatment of women in the Australian Defence Force
This report provides an update of the Australian Defence Force Academy's progress in implementing the recommendations from the Review into the Treatment of Women at ADFA.
Report
Battling with words: a study of language, diversity and social inclusion in the Australian Department of Defence
Background: This report, Battling with Words, takes a distinctive sociolinguistic approach to current efforts by Defence leadership to bring about cultural change in the Department of Defence and establish a more heterogeneous workforce. The report describes the role language plays in maintaining and perpetuating cultural norms, and provides linguistic evidence for the current, homogeneous demographic...
Report
Diversity in the Western Australian resources sector
This study looks at the representation of women and Indigenous employees in the resource sector workforce in Western Australia.
Report
Labour force activities, barriers and enablers for people with a hearing loss : the workforce barriers and incentives study
This survey-based Australian study contributes to the small contemporary literature on the problems that people with a hearing loss face in the labour force and some solutions to them. It focuses not only on barriers to labour force participation and success, but also on the things that help people with a hearing loss to overcome...