AU - Egberanmwen,Edosomwan AU - Supervisor: Balcıoğlu, Hasret TI - Racial and gender discrimination in the workplace of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Evidence from the three arms of government, administrative districts and managerial levels in banks PY - 2009/// CY - Nicosia PB - Cyprus International University KW - İşe alım KW - Recruitment KW - Ayırt etme KW - Discrimination N1 - Includes references (95-100 p.); 1; CHAPTER 1; 1; INTODUCTION; 1; Background Information; 4; Aims and Objectives of Study; 5; Hypotheses; 5; Scope of Study; 5; Structure of Thesis; 7; 7; LITERATURE REVIEW; 16; CHAPTER 3; 16; EXPLANATIONS AND THEORIES ADVANCED BY SCHOLARS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR DESCRIMINATORY BE; 16; Social Dominance Theory; 16; Functional Theory; 18; Observational Learning Theory; 18; Mass Media; 19; Social Identity Theory; 20; Inborn; 20; Psychodynamic Theory; 20; Inborn; 20; Psychodunamic Theory; 22; Evolutionary Theory; 23; Myth; 23; Attitude; 24; Conflict Theory; 25; Authoritarian Prsonality; 26; Scientific Racism Theory; 28; Discrimination and the Law; 46; Lawsuits Emanating from Discrimination on Employee by Employers; 61; CHAPTER 4; 61; RESEARCH METHDOLOGY; 61; Data Collection; 61; Form of Discrimination; 62; Type of Discrimination; 65; Discriminatory Practices; 68; Impact of Discrmination on Productivity and Society; 69; Extent of Discrimination; 72; Arguments Against the Practices of Discrimination; 78; Ways Put in Place to Remedy Discrimination; 78; CHAPTER 5; 78; OVERVIEW OF TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (TRNC); 82; Demographics; 83; Economy; 83; Geography and Climate; 84; Physical Features; 84; Government; 84; Religion; 86; CHAPTER 6; 86; RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE OBSERVATION; 94; CHAPTER 7; 94; CONCLUSIONS; 94; Action Recommendations; 95; REFERENCES N2 - 'Abstract Discimination is the bane of optimum productivity in every business organisation in our society today, this is so because people are not recruited or employed on the basis of merit or qualification for job but on other erroneos factor such as race, tribe, religion, ethnicity amongnst others given people with lesser qualifications and sometimes no qualifications at all for the job to get the opportunity to be employed resultıng in underproduction or the production of fake or substandard product or produce while those that are qualified are left in the dark. Job discrimination could be seen and heard in all aspects of the starting with recruitment, selection and placement and even on the job itself. This research observe the rate of gender and racial disrimination in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the study took a look at members of the executive arm of government , legislative arm of government, judiciary arm of goverment, the administrative district as well as bank in the island in order to knw the extent of gender discremination in the work place of TRNC. It also interviewed foreignersnespecially Nigerians and pakistanis in the island that had one time or the other worked during their stay with a view to ascertaining the level of racial discrimination in TRNC. In other to know the extent of gender discrimination, the study took the ratio of of males and female members ın these different levels of government in TRNC. The research found out that that there was indeed gender and racial discrimination in the work place of TRNC. Keyword: Discrimination, bane optimum productıvıty, merıt or Qualification, race , tribe, Religion, Ethnicity, Underproduction, Recruitment, Selection, Placement, Business Organisation, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). ' ER -