Sex Segregation in the Workplace - Trends, Explanations, Remedies

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.

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Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, National Research Council

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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? This volume raises the important policy and research questions. It is aimed at policymakers, researchers, personnel directors, union leaders, and others.

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• Authors: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Women's Employment and Rela, Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, National Research Council
• Assisted by: Barbara F Reskin (Editor), Barbara F. Reskin (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1984
• EAN: 9780309078849
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07884-9
• No. of pages: 323
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories