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From metaphors to mechanisms: gender sorting in(to) an organizational hierarchy

Fernandez, Roberto M.; Abraham, Mabel Botelho - 2010

Numerous studies have examined patterns of gender inequality in organizational advancement, with some showing results indicative of “glass ceilings,” where gender disparities are strong at the upper reaches of the organization, while others suggest “sticky floors,” where the gender...

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Gender sorting and the glass ceiling in high tech

Fernandez, Roberto M.; Campero, Santiago - 2012

Past studies of gender and hierarchy document that the proportion of women declines as one looks up levels of the organizational hierarchy. With few exceptions, studies have conceived of the glass ceiling as reflecting disparities in internal promotion. Recent research has questioned this...

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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry

Blanchflower, David G.; Wainwright, Jon - 2005

The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...

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Women's work after war

Kleykamp, Meredith A. - 2010

In the more than 30 years following the all-volunteer force (AVF), the proportion of women serving in the military has increased from 1.8 percent just before the AVF to 14.2 percent in 2008. The majority of women do not stay in the military for a 20-year or longer career; like men, most women...

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Awareness reduces racial bias

Pope, Devin G.; Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - 2014

Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...

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Importing equality? : the impact of globalization on gender discrimination

Black, Sandra E.; Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2002

While researchers have long held that discrimination cannot endure in an increasingly competitive environment, there … competition resulting from globalization in the 1980s forced employers to reduce costly discrimination against women. The … gap: because concentrated industries face little competitive pressure to reduce discrimination, an increase in competition …

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Pride and Prejudice : Employment Discrimination Against Openly Gay Men in the United States

Tilcsik, András - 2021

This article presents the first large-scale audit study of discrimination against openly gay men in the United States … findings have emerged. First, in some but not all states, there was significant discrimination against the fictitious … applicants who appeared to be gay. This geographic variation in the level of discrimination appears to reflect regional …

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Convergence over time or not? : U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2001-2018

Jepsen, Christopher; Jepsen, Lisa K. - 2020

of anti-discrimination policies and rising overall tolerance by Americans is concerning. …

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Labor, civil rights, and the Hughes Tool Company

Botson, Michael R. - 2005 - 1. ed.

Houston's working class and the origins of organized labor in the Bayou City -- How it all began : Houston, labor, oil, and working at Mr. Hughes's place -- Labor at Hughes Tool, 1929-1934 : hard times, Jim Crow, unions, and Uncle Sam -- Industrial democracy comes to the monarchy of Hughes...

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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2005

of the affirmative action programs.-- discrimination …

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