Organizations, internal labor market policies, and gender inequality in workplace supervisory authority
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A study aimed at showing the relationship between labor policies and gender positional inequality in the workplace was conducted. Based on the results, 45% of men are found to be in control of at least one co-worker against 29% of women who are. The large gap between men and women who hold supervisory positions is not due to supply-side differences nor to the human capital factor. However, occupational segregation account for much of the gap. Results further show that some organizations adopt certain policies only to satisfy both regulatory bodies and the public about opportunities in the workplace.
Publication Name: Sociological Perspectives
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0731-1214
Year: 1995
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Toward gender integration in the workplace: issues at multiple levels
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Gender integration takes place at societal, organizational, interpersonal and individual levels. Each level poses specific problems for integration in the workplace. Decreased occupational segregation since 1970 at the social level may not reflect true integration since it seems based on the movement of women into jobs which have become undesirable for men. Studies at the level of organizations also reflect some change, but reveal the ensconced power of men. Changes at other levels have been slower yet.
Publication Name: Sociological Perspectives
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0731-1214
Year: 1992
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Organizations, labor markets, and gender integration in academic sociology
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A study was conducted of 230 sociology departments throughout the US to determine the effect of organizational factors on gender integration. It was found that a high number of job opportunities, the existence of a women's studies program and the presence of a progressive state legislature were factors predicting that the faculty would not be exclusively male. In general, the factors that control the internal and external labor markets will affect gender integration.
Publication Name: Sociological Perspectives
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0731-1214
Year: 1992
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