Summary
Contents
Subject index
The Handbook of Gender and Work provides a comprehensive overview and synthesis of the literature and knowledge about gender and work. It equips the reader with a solid understanding of where we stand on gender and work issues and what the next directions for research and assessment will be. Under the skilled leadership of editor Gary N. Powell, an outstanding group of multidisciplinary and international researchers and scholars deliver their summary and analysis of current research and their views on how gender and work intersect along a variety of societal, economic, interpersonal, and organizational paradigms.
Sex and Gender in the New Millennium
Sex and Gender in the New Millennium
Ever since the Garden of Eden, issues of sex and gender have affected the life of every human being on our planet. Only relatively recently, however, have these topics become the focus of systematic investigation by researchers. This chapter examines the changes that have occurred in our thinking about sex and gender during the 20th century, discusses the effect that this has had on organizations and organizational research, and identifies the issues needing attention in the new millennium.
The Doctrine of Separate Spheres
At the start of the 20th century, the accepted notion of gender roles in Western culture was based on the doctrine of separate spheres (Hunter College Women's Studies Collective [hereafter Hunter ...
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