Gender Inequality at Work
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 1995
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-8039-5696-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses many of the dimensions of gender inequality at work, looking at a number of important topics including: pay equity; the impact of feminization on certain professions; and barriers to women's advancement in corporate hierarchies. These empirical studies include original surveys, secondary analyses of large data sets, historical studies, and ethnographic accounts. The importance of personal, family and structural factors in the gendering of the workplace are also considered.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
769 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-5696-4 (9780803956964)
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Content
Introduction - Jerry A Jacobs
PART ONE: GENDER AND COMPENSATION
Sex Composition and Gendered Earnings Inequality - Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
A Comparison of Job and Occupational Models
Gendered Instructions - Ronnie J Steinberg
Cultural Lag and Gender Bias in the Hay System of Job Evaluation
Further Evidence on Compensating Differentials and the Gender Gap in Wages - Jerry A Jacobs and Ronnie J Steinberg
PART TWO: WOMEN AND AUTHORITY
Jobs, Authority, and Earnings among Managers - Barbara F Reskin and Catherine E Ross
The Continuing Significance of Sex
Women's Entry into Management - Jerry A Jacobs
Trends in Earnings, Authority, and Values among Salaried Managers
Gender, Power, and Postindustrialism - Monica Boyd, Mary Ann Mulvihill, and John Myles
PART THREE: CAREER PROCESSES AND TRENDS
Cumulative versus Continuous Disadvantage in an Unstructured Labor Market - William T Bielby and Denise D Bielby
Gender Differences in the Careers of Television Writers
Occupational Sex Segregation and Women's Early Career Job Shifts - Rachel A Rosenfeld and Kenneth I Spenner
Trends in Occupational and Industrial Sex Segregation in 56 Countries, 1960-1980 - Jerry A Jacobs and Suet T Lim
PART FOUR: PERSPECTIVES ON OCCUPATIONAL RESEGREGATION
Shifting Gender Boundaries - Patricia A Roos and Katharine W Jones
Women's Inroads into Academic Sociology
Male Flight from Computer Work - Rosemary Wright and Jerry A Jacobs
A New Look at Occupational Resegregation and Ghettoization
Gender and the Formation of a Women's Profession - Jo Anne Preston
The Case of Public School Teaching
Assessing Gender at Work - Pamela Stone
Evidence and Issues
PART ONE: GENDER AND COMPENSATION
Sex Composition and Gendered Earnings Inequality - Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
A Comparison of Job and Occupational Models
Gendered Instructions - Ronnie J Steinberg
Cultural Lag and Gender Bias in the Hay System of Job Evaluation
Further Evidence on Compensating Differentials and the Gender Gap in Wages - Jerry A Jacobs and Ronnie J Steinberg
PART TWO: WOMEN AND AUTHORITY
Jobs, Authority, and Earnings among Managers - Barbara F Reskin and Catherine E Ross
The Continuing Significance of Sex
Women's Entry into Management - Jerry A Jacobs
Trends in Earnings, Authority, and Values among Salaried Managers
Gender, Power, and Postindustrialism - Monica Boyd, Mary Ann Mulvihill, and John Myles
PART THREE: CAREER PROCESSES AND TRENDS
Cumulative versus Continuous Disadvantage in an Unstructured Labor Market - William T Bielby and Denise D Bielby
Gender Differences in the Careers of Television Writers
Occupational Sex Segregation and Women's Early Career Job Shifts - Rachel A Rosenfeld and Kenneth I Spenner
Trends in Occupational and Industrial Sex Segregation in 56 Countries, 1960-1980 - Jerry A Jacobs and Suet T Lim
PART FOUR: PERSPECTIVES ON OCCUPATIONAL RESEGREGATION
Shifting Gender Boundaries - Patricia A Roos and Katharine W Jones
Women's Inroads into Academic Sociology
Male Flight from Computer Work - Rosemary Wright and Jerry A Jacobs
A New Look at Occupational Resegregation and Ghettoization
Gender and the Formation of a Women's Profession - Jo Anne Preston
The Case of Public School Teaching
Assessing Gender at Work - Pamela Stone
Evidence and Issues