A Preliminary Examination of African American and Caucasian Hospitality Management Student Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Diversity Issues

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ID19003658
AuthorsDavid Rivera (0000-0003-0878-6290, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA), Steven R Lonis-Shumate (Tuskegee University, AL, USA)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue5
Pages415-431
Publication date2014-06-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0021934714536900
OpenAlexW2047331166
LanguageEN
References cited7

Diversity or multiculturalism is a concept that includes words such as acceptance and respect. A movement toward diversity should include the examination of differences in a safe, cultivating, and constructive environment. One such environment is classrooms located on college and university campuses across the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine a cross-section of hospitality management students based on their ethnicity. A self-selected convenience sample of students were used with data being collected using a paper-and-pencil survey measuring attitudes and perceptions toward various diversity concepts. It was found that differences existed between the two ethnic groups around specific concepts of workplace equity

Constructive · Cultural diversity · Cultural pluralism · Diversity (politics) · Diversity management · Equity (law) · Ethnic group · Hospitality · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Tourism · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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