Women and Men at WorkIn this comprehensive overview of a growing domain of research, Reskin and Padavic examine how gender has shaped the meaning and performance of work. Patterns of sex inequality and segregation as well as the gendered nature of contemporary workplace cultures are demonstrated. The authors provide an especially useful - and critical - summary of economic theories of gender differences in workplace rewards, such as earnings and authority, as well as an insightful discussion of the interpenetration of family and work life. |
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... woman who had been transferred into it . As historian Patricia Cooper observed , Having a woman do his job challenged one of the implicit meanings of his being a man in the plant - having a different and better - paying job than a woman ...
... woman who had been transferred into it . As historian Patricia Cooper observed , Having a woman do his job challenged one of the implicit meanings of his being a man in the plant - having a different and better - paying job than a woman ...
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... woman . Some of them came right out in saying I didn't know what I was doing .... One man [ was ] marching around telling everybody that he was ... too important to have to work for a woman . ( Schroedel 1985 : 23 ) Similarly , male bus ...
... woman . Some of them came right out in saying I didn't know what I was doing .... One man [ was ] marching around telling everybody that he was ... too important to have to work for a woman . ( Schroedel 1985 : 23 ) Similarly , male bus ...
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... woman could handle insurance sales . According to one agent , " most girls don't have what it takes . They don't have the killer instinct " ( Leidner 1993 : 202 ) . A sales man- ager said he would not hire a woman unless “ she had a ...
... woman could handle insurance sales . According to one agent , " most girls don't have what it takes . They don't have the killer instinct " ( Leidner 1993 : 202 ) . A sales man- ager said he would not hire a woman unless “ she had a ...
Contents
Work and Gender | 1 |
A History of Gendered Work | 15 |
An Overview of Sex Inequality at Work | 31 |
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