Development of the diversity practices survey

The purpose is to describe the development of and findings from the organiz ational Diversity Practices Survey, designed to measure the extent to which an organization engages in management of diversity practices. 28 persons f rom 16 Fortune 500 organizations completed this. A number of inventories me asure individual attitudes toward diversity in the workplace; however, none concentrate on organizational attempts specifically aimed at integrating m inorities and women. The theoretical bases and the development of the measu re are described. Coefficients alpha for scale components are reported.