This chapter reviews research on the segregation of women and men in the workplace. After
examining ways to measure segregation, I summarize trends in sex segregation in the …

▪ Abstract This chapter reviews research on the determinants and consequences of race and
sex composition of organizations. Determinants include the composition of the qualified …

Maria Charles and David B. Grusky (with substantial contributions from Kim Weeden, Mariko
Chang, Joon Han and Jesper Sørensen) have provided the community of employment …

Page 1 Gender & Racial Inequality at Work The Sources & Consequences of Job Segregation
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Page 2 Page 3 ILR PRESS School of Industrial and Labor Relations …

The purpose of this chapter is to make a series of novel claims, drawing on some of these
literatures to provide evidence, about the social psychology of organizing (see also Homans …

Four major explanations for employment segregation—skill deficits, worker preferences,
economic and organizational structure, and stereotyping/queuing—are assessed using a …

Although the US economy of the early twenty‐first century is vastly different from the US
economy prior to the 1970s, the nature of these economic changes and their impact on US …

This interdisciplinary volume provides a historical and international framework for
understanding the changing role of women in the political economy of Latin America and the …

Although a consistent body of research has demonstrated that occupational segregation is
highly consequential for women's economic standing, we know little about the processes …

Work alienation is a classic concept in sociology, going back to the writings of Karl Marx and
extending through the 20th century with the work of Melvin Seeman (1959) and Robert …