Sex discrimination in the workplace : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Faye J. Crosby, Margaret S. Stockdale, S. Ann Ropp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crosby, Faye J., 1947-

Stockdale, Margaret S.

Ropp, S. Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in employment--United States.

Sex discrimination in employment.

United States.

Women--Employment--United States.

Women.

Women--Employment.

Sex discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States.

Sex discrimination in employment--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 375 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

This edited work examines sex discrimination through the eyes of law, economics, sociology, and psychology, describing the fundamental research related to sex discrimination and their field. It also contains accounts of sex discrimination cases, many of which relate to landmark contemporary incidents.

Contents:

What employers and employees should know about sex discrimination. Introduction : understanding sex discrimination / Faye J. Crosby and Margaret S. Stockdale ; Avoiding sex discrimination litigation and defending sex discrimination suits / Jonathan D. Wetchler ; When an individual finds herself to be the victim of sex discrimination / Theresa M. Beiner and Maureen O'Connor

From the trenches : individual narratives from plaintiffs, attorneys, and expert witnesses. Opposing views, strongly held / Ann Branigar Hopkins ; Gender equity at Stanford University : a story behind the statistics / Colleen E. Crangle ; How did a nice girl like you

? / Ellen B. Kimmel ; A gender discrimination class action from the point of view of plaintiffs' lawyers / Donna M. Ryu and Jocelyn D. Larkin ; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the gender integration of physically demanding positions / Richard S. Ugelow ; Reflections on being an expert witness in class action sex discrimination litigation / Eugene Borgida and Anita Kim ; My experience as an expert witness in sex discrimination and sexual harassment litigation / Barbara A. Gutek ; Sex discrimination in the workplace : lessons from two high-profile cases / Wayne F. Cascio

Disciplinary perspectives. Sex discrimination : the psychological approach / Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske ; Sociological approaches to sex discrimination in employment / Cecilia L. Ridgeway and Paula England ; Discrimination through the economist's eye / Barbara R. Bergmann ; Legal perspectives on employment discrimination / Deborah L. Rhode and Joan C. Williams

Potential solutions to the problems of sex discrimination in employment. A critical look at organizational responses to and remedies for sex discrimination / Susan Bisom-Rapp, Margaret S. Stockdale, and Faye J. Crosby ; The watched variable improves : on eliminating sex discrimination in employment / Linda Hamilton Krieger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-367) and index.

ISBN:

1405134496

9781405134491

140513450X

9781405134507

OCLC:

71173731

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