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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815007403321

Autore

DeLaat Jacqueline

Titolo

Gender in the workplace : a case study approach / / Jacqueline DeLaat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, c2007

ISBN

1-4522-2485-4

1-4522-1028-4

1-4416-5506-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 109 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/6150973

Soggetti

Sex discrimination in employment - United States

Sex role in the work environment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Half a pie, or none? -- One step forward, two steps back? -- Did attorney Evans bump her head on the "glass ceiling"? -- Medical mentoring -- The pregnant professor -- Kinder, Kirche, Kuche : working mothers in Germany -- Sexual harassment in the military.

Sommario/riassunto

The real life cases presented here demonstrate the interaction of various gender issues, and how they vary in different organizations. The case studies cover issues such as gender stereotypes about work, gender discrimination in pay, and more.