Assessment of Equal Opportunity Climate: Results of the 1989 Navy-wide Survey
Abstract
As a result of recommendations from Navy study groups, the 1989 Navy Equal Opportunity/Sexual Harassment Survey (NEOSH) was developed, administered, and analyzed by researchers at the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center. The goal of the NEOSH was to provide Navy policy makers with an accurate baseline measure of equal opportunity (EO) climate and sexual harassment among active duty Navy personnel. This report describes the EO climate portion of the NEOSH. The NEOSH was administered to a random sample (N = 5,558, response rate = 60%) of active duty Navy officers and enlisted personnel stratified on racial/ethnic group and gender. Among the major results of the 1989 administration of the NEOSH were: 1. Navy personnel as a whole have positive EO climate perceptions. 2. White male officers consistently report the most positive perceptions of Navy EO climate. The differences in EO perceptions between male and female officers are typically larger than between male and female enlisted personnel. 3. Blacks, particularly black enlisted females, are the least positive about EO. 4. Perceptions of fairness in discipline are lowest among blacks. 5. Hispanics' EO perceptions consistently fall between whites and blacks and typically are closer to whites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA251318
Entities
People
- Amy L. Culbertson
- Paul Magnusson
- Paul Rosenfeld
- Stephanie Booth-Kewley