03747nam 22008054a 450 991078420380332120231213001921.00-8166-9395-1(CKB)1000000000346815(EBL)310669(OCoLC)476095546(SSID)ssj0000277772(PQKBManifestationID)11954858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277772(PQKBWorkID)10240823(PQKB)11110040(SSID)ssj0000119790(PQKBManifestationID)12018786(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119790(PQKBWorkID)10079764(PQKB)11742484(MiAaPQ)EBC310669(OCoLC)133160899(MdBmJHUP)muse38947(Au-PeEL)EBL310669(CaPaEBR)ebr10151274(CaONFJC)MIL522430(EXLCZ)99100000000034681520040414d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChanging corporate America from inside out[electronic resource] lesbian and gay workplace rights /Nicole C. RaeburnMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20041 online resource (349 p.)Social movements, protest, and contention ;v. 20Based on the author's doctoral thesis, State University of Ohio, 2000.Data gathered from Fortune 1000 companies.0-8166-3999-X 0-8166-3998-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Corporations as the new frontier for lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights -- The rise of the corporate workplace -- The slowdown in new corporate organizing -- Building and benefiting from the movement -- Winds of change outside corporate walls: external factors influence gay-inclusive policies -- Corporate windows of opportunity: the impact of internal factors on gay-inclusive policies -- Changing the corporation from inside out: the power of employee activism -- Conclusion: movement success, theoretical and practical -- Appendix: The birth of gay employee networks and the adoption of domestic partner benefits.A long-overdue study, Nicole Raeburn's analysis focuses on the mobilization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employee networks over the past fifteen years to win domestic partner benefits in Fortune 1000 companies.Raeburn reveals the impact of the larger social and political environment on corporations' openness to gay-inclusive policies, and what strategies have been most effective in transforming corporate practices.Social movements, protest, and contention ;v. 20.Lesbian and gay workplace rightsGay peopleEmploymentUnited StatesGay rightsUnited StatesCorporationsUnited StatesOrganizational changeUnited StatesDomestic partner benefitsUnited StatesGay liberation movementUnited StatesIndustrial managementSocial aspectsUnited StatesGay peopleEmploymentGay rightsCorporationsOrganizational changeDomestic partner benefitsGay liberation movementIndustrial managementSocial aspects331.5/3/0973Raeburn Nicole C(Nicole Christine)1504164MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784203803321Changing corporate America from inside out3733020UNINA