EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

I Sthandiwe Madlala am a Research Methodology student at the Graduate School of Business of the Durban University of Technology. 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. Sthandiwe Madlala

Gender

1. Male

2. Female

Race

1. Black

2. Indian

3. Coloured

4. White

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

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

I believe that the affirmative action policy at XYZ is

How pleased are you with the manner affirmative action is implemented at XYZ?

w pleased are you with the manner affirmative action is implemented at XYZ?

1. 1 Extremely displeased

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5 Extremely pleased