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Informationen zum Autor Pamela A. Brand! Ph.D.! is Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Oswego. Dr. Brand teaches undergraduate courses on Social Psychology! Industrial-Organizational Psychology! Forensic Psychology! Violence in Contemporary Society! and Interpersonal Victimization. She began researching lesbian issues as an undergraduate! publishing the first empirical study comparing relationship violence among lesbian and heterosexual women. Currently! her research interests focus on violence-related attitude measurement! formation! and change. Klappentext "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Lesbian Studies! Volume 12! Number 1 2008." Zusammenfassung This book provides respected authorities presenting qualitative research methods to closely examine lesbian women's working lives. This insightful resource discusses the variability among lesbians in their experiences of and responses to workplace heteronormativity and cites the similarities among this population across geographical and national boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction (Pamela A. Brand) Lesbians Still Face Job Discrimination (Margaret R. Rynker) Discrimination Versus Specialization: A Survey of Economic Studies on Sexual Orientation! Gender and Earnings at the United States (Elizabeth Dunne Schmitt) Lesbian Workers: Personal Strategies Amid Changing Organisational Responses to 'Sexual Minorities' in UK Workplaces (Fiona Colgan! Chris Creegan! Aidan McKearney! and Tessa Wright) Coping with Workplace Heteronormativity Among Lesbian Employees: A German Study (Annett Losert) My Revolving Closet Door (Suzanne M. Johnson) "Bringing Home More than a Paycheck:" An Exploratory Analysis of Black Lesbians' Experiences of Stress and Coping in the Workplace (Lisa Bowleg! Kelly Brooks! and Susan Faye Ritz) Working for a Living: The Vocational Decision Making of Lesbians (Misty K. Hook and Sharon Bowman) Career Choices of Lesbian Women (Jukka Lehtonen) Lesbian Firefighters: Shifting the Boundaries Between "Masculinity" and "Femininity" (Tessa Wright) Phallus Envy (Laurie Essig) ...
