Is transformation surviving?

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Walbeek, Cornéen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Michaelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-20T06:56:17Z
dc.date.available2016-07-20T06:56:17Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractRecent political events in South Africa have emphasized the importance of faculty diversity. Very little research has considered why it is the case that 20 years after the end of Apartheid, only 14% of professors are black. Or, why the University of Cape Town does not have a single black South African woman who is a full professor. Is it the case that black faculty are discriminated against during the hiring process or is it the case that black faculty depart at significantly higher rates than white faculty as sometimes suggested? Further, how do race, education and institutional factors interact in determining diversity levels? Survival analysis methods coupled with a novel data-set consisting of detailed administrative employee records, proxies for performance and various socio-economic variables are employed to test various hypotheses related to these questions. The findings suggest that the level of diversity is of secondary importance to an employee's race when determining the likelihood of survival at the University of Cape Town. In addition, findings suggest that the university is performing far better in terms of gender equality than racial equality. Overall, race matters, not only through a direct correlation between employee race and tenure length, but also through indirect effects where employees who differ significantly from others in their respective faculty (in terms of race, tenure, age, education and gender) face increased rates of departure from the work place.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDaly, M. (2016). <i>Is transformation surviving?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20480en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDaly, Michael. <i>"Is transformation surviving?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20480en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDaly, M. 2016. Is transformation surviving?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Daly, Michael AB - Recent political events in South Africa have emphasized the importance of faculty diversity. Very little research has considered why it is the case that 20 years after the end of Apartheid, only 14% of professors are black. Or, why the University of Cape Town does not have a single black South African woman who is a full professor. Is it the case that black faculty are discriminated against during the hiring process or is it the case that black faculty depart at significantly higher rates than white faculty as sometimes suggested? Further, how do race, education and institutional factors interact in determining diversity levels? Survival analysis methods coupled with a novel data-set consisting of detailed administrative employee records, proxies for performance and various socio-economic variables are employed to test various hypotheses related to these questions. The findings suggest that the level of diversity is of secondary importance to an employee's race when determining the likelihood of survival at the University of Cape Town. In addition, findings suggest that the university is performing far better in terms of gender equality than racial equality. Overall, race matters, not only through a direct correlation between employee race and tenure length, but also through indirect effects where employees who differ significantly from others in their respective faculty (in terms of race, tenure, age, education and gender) face increased rates of departure from the work place. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Is transformation surviving? TI - Is transformation surviving? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20480 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20480
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDaly M. Is transformation surviving?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20480en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherTransformationen_ZA
dc.titleIs transformation surviving?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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