WILLIAMS, CHRISTINE L., et al. “GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEW ECONOMY.” Gender and Society, vol. 26, no. 4, 2012, pp. 549–573. www.jstor.org/stable/41705705.
“Gendered Organizations in the New Economy” is about gender inequality in the workplace in today’s society. Gender inequality has improved greatly over the past two decades but unfortunately it’s still present in our society. This article, Christine Williams, explains how “work is increasingly characterized by job insecurity, teamwork, career maps, and networking” (Williams). One of the most intriguing facts I learned from the article was how companies are more likely to hire a male over a female simply because males have less distractions away from the workplace. Companies say women are more likely to be focused on other areas of their life, such as their family, instead of the importance of the workplace.
WILLIAMS, CHRISTINE L. “THE GLASS ESCALATOR, REVISITED: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times, SWS Feminist Lecturer.” Gender and Society, vol. 27, no. 5, 2013, pp. 609–629. www.jstor.org/stable/43669820.
In this article, Christine Williams explains how she created the so called Glass Escalator which is a term that stands for “the advantages that men receive in women’s professions” (Williams). This is a great article for many different reasons. The first half of the article explains how men can easily succeed in a women’s profession while a women can easily fail in a male’s profession. When a male is trying to become a nurse or teacher (just to name a couple popular professions by women) they tend to quickly become successful. When a women attempts a male’s job, they tend to fail quickly, simply because of the labels society puts on women in the workplace.
Addi-Raccah, Audrey, and Hanna Ayalon. “Gender Inequality in Leadership Positions of Teachers.” British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 157–177. www.jstor.org/stable/1393282.
“Gender Inequality in Leadership Positions of Teachers” is about a few studies that have been performed on gender differences within schools. Another focal point of the article was about how men are more likely to be hired into leadership positions than a women. “Women are given less authority, autonomy, and control in the workplace” (Addi-Raccah).
Miller-Loessi, Karen. “Toward Gender Integration in the Workplace: Issues at Multiple Levels.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 35, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1–15. www.jstor.org/stable/1389366.
“True gender integration in the workplace faces barriers at several levels: societal, organizational, interactional, and individual.”(Miller-Loessi). This statement by Miller-Loessi indicates gender inequality occurs in multiple different ways in throughout society. The author focuses on each level and how inequality can take place. At the end of the article, she describes the fourth level, which is known as individual. Gender inequality is mostly influenced by an individual.
Mueller, Charles W., et al. “Interactional Processes and Gender Workplace Inequalities.” Social Psychology Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 2, 2002, pp. 163–185. www.jstor.org/stable/3090099.
In this article, the authors explain their ideas of what they believe influences gender inequalities at the work place. The hypothesis they came up with is that gender inequality increases when women and men have increased face to face interaction. They believe when men and women work in groups, issues can occur more frequently. It’s important that men and women can corporate and work effectively at the workplace.
Huffman, Matt L. “Organizations, Internal Labor Market Policies, and Gender Inequality in Workplace Supervisory Authority.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 38, no. 3, 1995, pp. 381–397. www.jstor.org/stable/1389433.
Matt Huffman is a great author that describes the importance of ILMs (internal labor markets) and how manager’s accountability is on the rise. Within the article, Huffman talks about policies that are in order with the workplace to limit gender inequality. The article uses important data that was retrieved from “a national probability sample of U.S. workplaces to test the assumptions about ILM policies with regard to gender inequality in workplace supervisory authority” (Huffman pp. 381).
Dias, L. (2011). Human resource management. Saylor.org/books. ISBN 13: 978-1-4533194-3-7.
Chapter 3 in the, Human Resource Management book by Dias, talks about diversity and multiculturalism that is present within the workplace. Diversity and multiculturalism plays an important part in any given business or corporation. Dias describes the difference between diversity and multiculturalism and the role each play in society today.
“Gendered Organizations in the New Economy” is about gender inequality in the workplace in today’s society. Gender inequality has improved greatly over the past two decades but unfortunately it’s still present in our society. This article, Christine Williams, explains how “work is increasingly characterized by job insecurity, teamwork, career maps, and networking” (Williams). One of the most intriguing facts I learned from the article was how companies are more likely to hire a male over a female simply because males have less distractions away from the workplace. Companies say women are more likely to be focused on other areas of their life, such as their family, instead of the importance of the workplace.
WILLIAMS, CHRISTINE L. “THE GLASS ESCALATOR, REVISITED: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times, SWS Feminist Lecturer.” Gender and Society, vol. 27, no. 5, 2013, pp. 609–629. www.jstor.org/stable/43669820.
In this article, Christine Williams explains how she created the so called Glass Escalator which is a term that stands for “the advantages that men receive in women’s professions” (Williams). This is a great article for many different reasons. The first half of the article explains how men can easily succeed in a women’s profession while a women can easily fail in a male’s profession. When a male is trying to become a nurse or teacher (just to name a couple popular professions by women) they tend to quickly become successful. When a women attempts a male’s job, they tend to fail quickly, simply because of the labels society puts on women in the workplace.
Addi-Raccah, Audrey, and Hanna Ayalon. “Gender Inequality in Leadership Positions of Teachers.” British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 157–177. www.jstor.org/stable/1393282.
“Gender Inequality in Leadership Positions of Teachers” is about a few studies that have been performed on gender differences within schools. Another focal point of the article was about how men are more likely to be hired into leadership positions than a women. “Women are given less authority, autonomy, and control in the workplace” (Addi-Raccah).
Miller-Loessi, Karen. “Toward Gender Integration in the Workplace: Issues at Multiple Levels.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 35, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1–15. www.jstor.org/stable/1389366.
“True gender integration in the workplace faces barriers at several levels: societal, organizational, interactional, and individual.”(Miller-Loessi). This statement by Miller-Loessi indicates gender inequality occurs in multiple different ways in throughout society. The author focuses on each level and how inequality can take place. At the end of the article, she describes the fourth level, which is known as individual. Gender inequality is mostly influenced by an individual.
Mueller, Charles W., et al. “Interactional Processes and Gender Workplace Inequalities.” Social Psychology Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 2, 2002, pp. 163–185. www.jstor.org/stable/3090099.
In this article, the authors explain their ideas of what they believe influences gender inequalities at the work place. The hypothesis they came up with is that gender inequality increases when women and men have increased face to face interaction. They believe when men and women work in groups, issues can occur more frequently. It’s important that men and women can corporate and work effectively at the workplace.
Huffman, Matt L. “Organizations, Internal Labor Market Policies, and Gender Inequality in Workplace Supervisory Authority.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 38, no. 3, 1995, pp. 381–397. www.jstor.org/stable/1389433.
Matt Huffman is a great author that describes the importance of ILMs (internal labor markets) and how manager’s accountability is on the rise. Within the article, Huffman talks about policies that are in order with the workplace to limit gender inequality. The article uses important data that was retrieved from “a national probability sample of U.S. workplaces to test the assumptions about ILM policies with regard to gender inequality in workplace supervisory authority” (Huffman pp. 381).
Dias, L. (2011). Human resource management. Saylor.org/books. ISBN 13: 978-1-4533194-3-7.
Chapter 3 in the, Human Resource Management book by Dias, talks about diversity and multiculturalism that is present within the workplace. Diversity and multiculturalism plays an important part in any given business or corporation. Dias describes the difference between diversity and multiculturalism and the role each play in society today.