Workplace Discrimination from the Perspective of Leaders of Slovak Enterprises—pilot Study

The aim of the research is to examine workplace discrimination at the Slovak enterprises. A questionnaire survey was applied to assess the attitude of leader towards discrimination in Slovak enterprises. A total of 71 responses were collected from leaders, working at different enterprises. 83 leaders did not finish the questionnaire, some of which expressed “subject sensitivity” or even describe the topic as “taboo”. Two hypotheses were formulated, which were tested by Fisher’s exact test and Binary logistic regression. SPSS software was used to evaluate the formulated hypotheses. The negative attitude of some leaders indicates, that the topic is important to deal with and there is a need for addressing attention to the issue. Based on the results of the hypotheses testing, top and middle managers consider the issue of discrimination to be important in a similar proportion. Furthermore, the perception of the importance of discrimination contributes significantly to whether organizations act carefully during job interviews. This study can be considered a pilot study, which contributes to addressing more attention to discrimination and achieve a significant change in viewpoints.