Denmark, Equal Access (2023), Ethnic minority stress in the workplace

Country

Denmark

Title

Denmark, Equal Access (2023), Ethnic minority stress in the workplace

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Year

2023

Publication type

Report - unofficial (CSO) data on incidents

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Civil Society Organisation

Institution

Denmark, The Organization Equal Access (Foreningen Lige Adgang)

Thematic focus

Discrimination

Groups

Muslims People of African descent People of Asian descent

Key findings

This report looks into discrimination in the workplace and the minority stress people belonging to ethnic minorities may feel as a consequence. Around 2 out of 3 (68.2%) of survey participants experience discrimination in their workplace in the form of comments and jokes about their ethnicity, skin colour, language, or religion. More than half (59.2%) of survey participants feel that they have to go the extra mile in relation to their colleagues at their workplace, with 90.6% saying they believe this is due to their ethnic or religious background. The extra effort includes never being late and completing tasks faster and more efficiently.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

The report uses a mixed-methods approach to shed light on the experience of ethnic minority stress in the workplace. First, a focus group interview was conducted with 5 people, which also served as a pilot interview for the rest of the interviews in the study. After that, 28 individual interviews were conducted. The quantitative data collection consists of a questionnaire survey aimed at people who identify themselves as belonging to (a) ethnic minority group(s). The survey is based on the results of the first 10 qualitative interviews.

Sample details and representativeness

A total of 296 responses to the questionnaire have been received, of which 126 responses are fully completed, and 170 of the responses are incomplete. All 296 responses are included as results in the analysis to achieve the highest possible volume in the conclusions.

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