Selling women short : gender inequality on Wall Street / Louise Marie Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Louise Marie, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women stockbrokers--New York (State)--New York.

Women stockbrokers.

Equal pay for equal work--New York (State)--New York.

Equal pay for equal work.

Sex discrimination in employment--New York (State)--New York.

Sex discrimination in employment.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2006]

Summary:

A fascinating (and depressing) account of what goes on on Wall Street. The personal histories and reports of experience are vivid and carry the story well."--Lotte Bailyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of "Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives"

"This first-rate work is poised to join a small circle of influential books tackling the question of how gender inequality persists amid the avowedly merit-based segments of the American economy. Clearly presented and written in an engaging style, Selling Women Short is the only book I have seen that compares 'successful' and 'derailed' women and men, thus making it possible to disentangle the influence of gender from other, more 'gender neutral' factors that shape the career trajectories of workers in high-powered jobs."--Kathleen Gerson. New York University, coauthor of "The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality

Contents:

The playing field: Wall Street in the 1990s

Pay for performance: Wall Street's bonus system

A woman's worth: gender differences in compensation

Making the team: managers, peers, and subordinates

Bringing clients back in: the impact of client relationships

Having it all? workplace culture and work-family conflict

Window-dressing: workplace policies and Wall Street culture

Beating the odds: the most successful women

The myth of meritocracy: gender and performance-based pay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0691126437

9780691126432

OCLC:

67383491

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