unpaid correct answers domestic and relational work is often undervalued, both within and outside the family
worth unpaid correct answers calculate by replacing services with paid labor, or consider the wages one loses by working at home
status enhancing work correct answers wives serve as un...
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unpaid correct answers domestic and relational work is often undervalued, both within and
outside the family
worth unpaid correct answers calculate by replacing services with paid labor, or consider the
wages one loses by working at home
status enhancing work correct answers wives serve as unofficial contributors to husbands work.
For example - political wives, wives of CEO's, childcare, secretarial tasks, entertaining clients,
hosting charity events
vulnerable (status enhaning work) correct answers women who achieve through their husbands
are vulnerable
sex segregation correct answers differences in the types of jobs and status of jobs women and
men have
horizontal segregation correct answers the tendency for men and women to hold different jobs
vertical segregation correct answers Tendency for men to hold positions that have higher status
and better pay than the jobs women hold within an organization or occupation.
For example: Female lawyers are less likely to be in criminal law, more likely to practice family
law, making about 80% of male lawyers salaries.
AND
Female professors more likely to be in the social sciences, while male professors more likely to
be in the physical + applied sciences.
glass ceiling correct answers The phenomenon that women seem to be promoted and to advance
well in their company up to a certain point, and then there seems to be a barrier that prevents
them from rising higher.
Wage cap correct answers -Women earn less than men. No group of women has a median
income that comes close to the median income of white men.
-Women earn about 77 cents for every dollar of men's earnings.
Human capital theory correct answers one's income is directly related to the extent to which they
build human capital (i.e., make investments in their employment such as by gaining additional
training and developing
flaws of human cap theory correct answers -Women are more likely than men to invest in college
education: 57% of college students are women.
, •When analytic techniques are used to control for differences in "human capital" (variables such
as years worked, education obtained, and absences) a gender wage gap still remains substantial.
Token women correct answers Women w/ nontraditional careers often become a token -‐ type
of individual accounting for less than 15% of the larger group(the minority).
-
glass escalator correct answers the phenomenon whereby men rise higher and faster than women
in female dominated positions.
Difficulty of role models/mentors correct answers Vertical segregation: limited visibility of
same-‐sex role models
Old boy network correct answers informal male networks within organizations which yield
power and look out for each other's interests.
Quiz pro quo correct answers unwanted sexual advances or behavior are a condition of
employment. Employee will be fired or suffer in some way if she does not comply.
hostile work environment correct answers when speech or conduct creates an intimidating or
demeaning environment that negatively affects a person's job performance (more difficult to
recognize).
harass women correct answers Most vulnerable: Women in male-‐dominated positions, women
who are young, single, and minority status.
-Sex-role spillover theory.
-Power theory.
-Male dominance theory
Sex role spillover theory correct answers harassment occurs when a woman's gender is more
salient than her role as a worker.
power theory correct answers harassment is an abuse of power. Men have more formal power in
organizations, and can misuse it.
male dominance theory correct answers men are socialized to take sexual initiative, be sexually
persistent, and get what they want
practical consequences (sexual harassment) correct answers Companies can send a clear message
to employees that harassment will not be tolerated, and support systems for victims should be in
place.
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