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I Thobile Shezi am a Research Methodology student at the Graduate School of Business of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. I am conducting a study on Employment Equity. I would be grateful if you could answer the questionnaire which should take you no more than 10 minutes.Thank you for your participation.

Gender

Male

Female

Race

1. Black

2. Indian

3. Coloured

4. White

How often do you conduct surveys?

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

What division do you work in?

Rank what you believe are the benefits of affirmative action where 1 is the greatest benefit and 5 is of the least benefit. Do not repeat any numbers.

• It creates a bigger pool of employees for the organisation to choose from __________

• It redresses the inequalities of the past __________

• It enables the organisation to get a cross section of expertise __________

• It enables the organisation to attract new business __________

• It enables more equitable succession planning __________

Have you ever been appointed to a position on the basis of affirmative action?

1. Yes

2. No

How were you treated by your peers as a result of your affirmative action appointment?

1. There was no change

2. There was a positive change

3. There was a negative change

How were you treated by your peers as a result of your affirmative action appointment?

1. There was no change

2. There was a positive change

3. There was a negative change

Since you said there was a negative change, what was the main change?

1. I was called AA, BEE and other names

2. People of other race groups who were my friends began to ignore me

3. People who spoke freely to me about management have stopped doing so

4. I hear snide remarks being passed about me as I walk past them

Since you said there was a negative change, what was the main change?

1. I was called AA, BEE and other names

2. People of other race groups who were my friends began to ignore me

3. People who spoke freely to me about management have stopped doing so

4. I hear snide remarks being passed about me as I walk past them