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Klappentext As Washington D.C. politicians call for laws that would require disclosure of CEO-employee salary rate ratios! and CEOs of major companies such as Japan's Shiseido call for elevating women in the workplace! the topic of equality in management has taken on new life. Access to managerial jobs for protected groups has also been the focus of countless gender and race discrimination lawsuits! as well as numerous recent studies and reports. While we have seen profound changes in workplace diversity in recent decades! we are sorely in need of new and innovative studies regarding the processes that lead to racial and ethnic disparities in high-status occupations and managerial careers. This volume highlights cutting-edge research by notable and highly visible scholars working in the area of gender! race and management. Their diversity in both theoretical orientation and methodological approach gives the volume a decidedly interdisciplinary flavor! making it of wide appeal to both academics and policy makers. The contributors offer an array of insights into the policy implications of their findings! which inspire new directions for future empirical research in this important area. This volume will appeal to students of political sociology and industrial labor relations! and to a multidisciplinary scholarly audience in sociology! public affairs! psychology! economics! and business administration and management. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gender! Race! and Management - Matt L. HuffmanMinority Vulnerability in Privileged Occupations: Why Do African American Financial Advisers Earn Less Than Whites in a Large Financial Services Firm? - William T. BielbyManaging Ambivalent Prejudices: Smart-but-Cold and Warm-but-Dumb Stereotypes - Susan T. FiskePower! Influence! and Diversity in Organizations - Jeffrey W. Lucas and Amy R. BaxterDiversity Within Reach: Recruitment versus Hiring in Elite Firms - Lauren A. RiveraDevelopmental Practices! Organizational Culture! and Minority Representation in Organizational Leadership: The Case of Partners in Large U.S. Law Firms - Fiona M. Kay and Elizabeth H. GormanIf You're So Smart! Why Aren?t You the Boss? Explaining the Persistent Vertical Gender Gap in Management - Heather H. Haveman and Lauren S. BeresfordWomen's Mobility into Upper-Tier Occupations: Do Determinants and Timing Differ by Race? - George WilsonMoney! Benefits! and Power: A Test of the Glass Ceiling and Glass Escalator Hypotheses - Ryan A. SmithDo Female Top Managers Help Women to Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records - Fidan Ana Kurtulus and Donald Tomaskovic-DeveyMinorities in Management: Effects on Income Inequality! Working Conditions! and Subordinate Career Prospects among Men - David MaumeFemale Leaders! Organizational Power! and Sex Segregation - Kevin Stainback and Soyoung KwonChecking the Pulse of Diversity among Health Care Professionals: An Analysis of West Coast Hospitals - Sheryl L. Skaggs and Julie A. KmecThe Gender Gap in Executive Compensation: The Role of Female Directors and Chief Executive Officers - Taekjin Shin ...
