LEADER 03747nam 22008054a 450 001 9910784203803321 005 20231213001921.0 010 $a0-8166-9395-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346815 035 $a(EBL)310669 035 $a(OCoLC)476095546 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954858 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240823 035 $a(PQKB)11110040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119790 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12018786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119790 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10079764 035 $a(PQKB)11742484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310669 035 $a(OCoLC)133160899 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38947 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310669 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151274 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522430 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346815 100 $a20040414d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChanging corporate America from inside out$b[electronic resource] $elesbian and gay workplace rights /$fNicole C. Raeburn 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 225 1 $aSocial movements, protest, and contention ;$vv. 20 300 $aBased on the author's doctoral thesis, State University of Ohio, 2000. 300 $aData gathered from Fortune 1000 companies. 311 $a0-8166-3999-X 311 $a0-8166-3998-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aA long-overdue study, Nicole Raeburn's analysis focuses on the mobilization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employee networks over the past fifteen years to win domestic partner benefits in Fortune 1000 companies.Raeburn reveals the impact of the larger social and political environment on corporations' openness to gay-inclusive policies, and what strategies have been most effective in transforming corporate practices. 410 0$aSocial movements, protest, and contention ;$vv. 20. 517 3 $aLesbian and gay workplace rights 606 $aGay people$xEmployment$zUnited States 606 $aGay rights$zUnited States 606 $aCorporations$zUnited States 606 $aOrganizational change$zUnited States 606 $aDomestic partner benefits$zUnited States 606 $aGay liberation movement$zUnited States 606 $aIndustrial management$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aGay people$xEmployment 615 0$aGay rights 615 0$aCorporations 615 0$aOrganizational change 615 0$aDomestic partner benefits 615 0$aGay liberation movement 615 0$aIndustrial management$xSocial aspects 676 $a331.5/3/0973 700 $aRaeburn$b Nicole C$g(Nicole Christine)$01504164 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784203803321 996 $aChanging corporate America from inside out$93733020 997 $aUNINA