Teaching Equipment - IAV

Gender

Male

Female

Race

African

Indian

White

Coloured

Which 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?

Yes

No

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

There was no change

There was a positive change

There was a negative change

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

I was called AA, BEE and other names

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

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

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

I believe that the affirmative action policy at Durban University of Technology is

Week

Fair

Strong

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

Extremely displeased

Extremely pleased

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My name is Vincent Mashau, I am a Research Methodology student at 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.