DIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED-STATES-NAVY - AN UPDATE

Researchers at the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center (NPR DC) have investigated issues related to gender, racial, and ethnic div ersity for over two decades. Rosenfeld, M. D. Thomas, Edwards, P. J. T homas, and E. D. Thomas (1991) provided a comprehensive review of NPRD C diversity research conducted between 1970 and 1990. This article exa mines NPRDC diversity research conducted during the past 5 years and i dentifies future research issues. The present review is divided into f our major topic areas and a final section of conclusions and future di rections. The first section describes the Navywide and unit-specific p rograms to assess equal opportunity climate and sexual harassment. The second section summarizes research pertaining to issues raised by wom en's changing roles and their increased participation in the Navy. In the third section, the findings of Navy discipline studies shed light on the issue of higher disciplinary rates among minority personnel. Re search on Hispanics is reviewed in the fourth section. Finally, in the Discussion and Conclusions section, potential future research emphase s are identified.