Business Management
Why is inequality a concern of sociology? Should management seek to eliminate inequality?
Key Readings
pp. 44-63 Edwards and Wajcman
pp. 364-401 Macionis and Plummer
Acker, J. (1990). ‘Hierarchies, jobs, bodies: A theory of gendered organizations’. Gender & society, 4(2), 139-158.
Undurraga, R. (2014). Race, Gender, Sexuality & Social Class: Dimensions of Inequality. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 29(4), 4-4.
Collins, S. M. (2011). From affirmative action to diversity: Erasing inequality from organizational responsibility. Critical Sociology, 0896920510380072.
Kalev, A. (2009). Cracking the Glass Cages? Restructuring and Ascriptive Inequality at Work1. American Journal of Sociology, 114(6), 1591-1643.
Cassell, C. (1996) ‘A fatal attraction? Strategic HRM and the business case for women’s progression at work,’ Personnel Review 25: 5, pp. 51-66.
Ashcraft, K. (2012). The Glass Slipper:’Incorporating’Occupational Identity in Management Studies. Academy of Management Review, amr-10.
Wilson, E. M and Iles, P. A. (1999) ‘Managing diversity,’ The International Journal of Public Sector Management 12: 1, pp. 27-48.
Further Readings
Noon, M. and Blyton, P. (2006) The Realities of Work. London: Palgrave.
Mintz, B., & Krymkowski, D. H. (2010). The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Occupational Segregation. International Journal of Sociology, 40(4), 31-58.
Bobbitt-Zeher, D. (2011). Gender discrimination at work connecting gender stereotypes, institutional policies, and gender composition of workplace. Gender & Society, 25(6), 764-786.
Britton, D. M., & Logan, L. (2008). Gendered organizations: Progress and prospects. Sociology Compass, 2(1), 107-121.