SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Where We Are, Gender Role, Organisation Climate
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Is it women not being aggressive enough or is it organizations, which have policies and practices. Terms to know authority problem glass ceiling promotion ladder seniority merit within-occupation gender segregation homophily organization gender culture gender labelling organizational climate systemic discrimination. 2: graph shows that both management males and females are reasonably declining from 2008 on (great recession), women were moving steadily up till great recession, then downhill, men were fluctuating up and down, then after recession was downhill. Note: number of males in management has fluctuated largely, males have been declining since 2004, females since 2009. 3: progress generally upwards, low point 2004, recovered, even in great recession, declined a bit after, recovered to get back up, gap declining because percentage of senior women managers is increasing, compare to chart below. 0. 0: women about 30% senior managers, 37% non-senior managers, authority problem- women less likely to be promoted to senior managers.
