Librarians need no reminder that one sex or the other or one race or another is usually predominant in many jobs or professions. But if they are looking for empirical, scholarly evidence of some of the sources and many of the consequences of so-called job segregation, Tomaskovic-Devey provides it. He investigates the inequalities in rewards and prestige accorded to jobs dominated by women or minorities. Within economic and sociological frameworks, he theorizes about such organizational and public policy issues as comparable worth and affirmative action.
Librarians need no reminder that one sex or the other is usually predominant in many jobs or professions. But if they are looking for empirical, scholarly evidence of both some of the sources and many of the consequences of so-called job segregation, Tomaskovic-Devey provides it. A North Carolina State University sociology professor, he uses a 1989 North Carolina employment and health survey, unique because it included a random sample of all occupations from the general population, to develop and support his conclusions. Though his racial analyses are limited to comparisons between whites and African Americans, he investigates the inequities in rewards and prestige accorded to jobs dominated by women or minorities. Within economic and sociological frameworks, he theorizes about such organizational and public policy issues as comparable worth and affirmative action. Recommended for research-oriented collections.
For anyone looking for empirical, scholarly evidence of both some of the sources and many of the consequences of so-called job segregation, Tomaskovic-Devey provides it.
"For anyone looking for empirical, scholarly evidence of both some of the sources and many of the consequences of so-called job segregation, Tomaskovic-Devey provides it."
"For anyone looking for empirical, scholarly evidence of both some of the sources and many of the consequences of so-called job segregation, Tomaskovic-Devey provides it."—Booklist
