Sex segregation in the workplace : trends, explanations, remedies

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Title: Sex segregation in the workplace : trends, explanations, remedies
Description: How pervasive is sex segregation in the workplace? Does the concentration of women into a few professions reflect their personal preferences, the'tastes'of employers, or sex-role socialization? Will greater enforcement of federal antidiscrimination laws reduce segregation? What are the prospects for the decade ahead? These are among the important policy and research questions raised in this comprehensive volume, of interest to policymakers, researchers, personnel directors, union leaders--anyone concerned about the economic parity of women
Authors: Reskin, Barbara F., National Research Council (U.S.)
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Sex discrimination in employment--United States--Congresses, Sex discrimination against women--United States--Congresses
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:How pervasive is sex segregation in the workplace? Does the concentration of women into a few professions reflect their personal preferences, the'tastes'of employers, or sex-role socialization? Will greater enforcement of federal antidiscrimination laws reduce segregation? What are the prospects for the decade ahead? These are among the important policy and research questions raised in this comprehensive volume, of interest to policymakers, researchers, personnel directors, union leaders--anyone concerned about the economic parity of women
ISBN:9780309034456
9780585168463