...Escalator: The Case of Gender Segregation in a Female Dominated Occupation This critical examination and study, done by Karrie Ann Snyder and Adam Isaiah Green, dives into the data of a predominately women’s job, nursing, to find out if men really have a “glass escalator” when it comes to advancing up to top positions and dissects the notion of horizontal segregation. The glass escalator theory is one that assumes males in female dominated professions are pushed up the ladder to administrative and supervisory positions much easier and faster than women. Throughout the article, they explain the methods used to gather the data, both quantitative and qualitative and provide a plethora of information such as level of education, employment setting, number of years worked, personal interviews etc. They also break down the data and refute claims that although widely believed, may be false. It is somewhat ironic that the topic of this week’s thought-piece paper is on the sexual segregation of nursing. Just about a week ago I was sitting in the orthodontists office and I looked over at the staff photos on the wall. Dr. Pobanz was in the middle with about 10 ladies on each side of him. That made me go back and think, and I came to the realization that I have never seen a male besides the doctor working in a dentist or orthodontist office. Although it is not exactly a nursing position, it is a similar occupation and I would imagine has similar statistics concerning sex segregation. In my mind...
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...Would you, as a person be confident enough to interact with people of the opposite sex at your work place or other such important places if you had studied in a segregated school and university? When an individual studies in a university or school that is segregated, they do not know how to interact with the opposite sex, making it much more difficult for them to interact with people in the real world. In today’s generation, one cannot find a job or a workplace that is completely dependent of men or women. It is highly important for the success of a company to have employees of both genders. Coeducation does not only teach students to interact and communicate with people of the opposite gender, but they also learn how others think and hence cover broader aspects of a subject since every individual has a different way of interpreting a topic and subject of discussion. Coeducation has a large number of academic and social benefits, which encourage students to work in groups with members of both genders, learning the skills of team work, interaction and communication (O’Malley, E. 1995, Feb 21). It is not only women who are shy to interact with men, but in universities it has been noticed that men find it easy to deal with women faculty but find it difficult interacting with female students, and this is a skill that needs to be developed (Moussly, R. 2010, Sep 12). Not only does segregation make it difficult for individuals in the real world, but also eventually brings up an awkwardness...
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...Pay and Work Satisfaction at a UK University” by Maria Smith is an exhaustive quantitative study of a particular state employer. The paper analyzes the facts and figures on salary and examines results from a staff satisfaction survey held at a UK University (University A) and discusses the ‘paradox of the contended female worker’. This paradox states that although women earn less than men, their satisfaction with the payment seems to be higher than in the men’s case – despite of disadvantages such as job security and content, promotion opportunities and sexual harassment (Crosby, 1982). Also, the author explains that these gaps vary from institution to institution. The purpose of the article is to contribute to the small amount of the existing job satisfaction research for men and women working at higher education institutions. The study described in the paper focuses on the satisfaction levels of two groups of University A staff – the administrative and academic teaching staff. Despite all efforts in the past, gender pay gap has persisted to the present time and takes place even at higher education institutions in the UK, where a clear agenda on pay equality, as negotiated by various organizations and unions, should exist (Smith, 2008, p. 622). Still, studies show the existence of pay gaps between genders and conclude that women have less promotion opportunities and a lower chance to earn as much as their equally ranked male colleagues (Blackaby et al., 2005). Studies were conducted...
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...article “The Case against Single-Sex Classrooms”. The author over looked the advantages and the disadvantages of considering placing her children either in co-ed schools or single sex schools. As a parent, she had made her decision based on the single sex policies that attracted many parents. For instance, she had believed that the schools policies of teaching boys and girls in separate classes encourages segregation, it made it very difficult for her to explain it to her children, and encourage gender stereotypes . For the past decades parents made their decisions of considering co-ed or single gender schools based on their own beliefs or personal preferences. The parent’s alternative perspective passed from generation to another. In many cases, Females or males who attended public school prefers the same for their children and so is the parent who had attended the separate gender schools. This represents a clash between these alternative perspectives in our society for decades. Although, single sex school had been existing for years, these schools offer more negativity in shaping the next generation of our society in the wrong direction because it encourages segregation, doesn’t prepare the students for future in term of working field, encourage gender roles. . Works Citedsed Conley, Mikaela.” Single-Sex Schools Have Negative Impact on Kids, Says Study”. 22 September...
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...Concerned With Certain Aspects Of New Issues Of Work |Course |Bachelor of Science (HONS) In Business Management | |Module |The Transformation Of Work | Table of Contents Reference-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3 The summary of the article----------------------------------------------------------4 An assessment of the methods used-----------------------------------------------5,6 Articles’ findings about the Transformation Of Work-------------------------------7,8 Strength and weaknesses of the articles-------------------------------------------9 References Books ．Price,Alan (2007), Human Resource Management in a Business Context 3RD Edition, Thomson Learning (Pp.400-12.) ．Torrington,Derek , Hall,Laural & Taglor,Stephen (2002), Human Resources Management 5th Edition, Pearson Education Limited (Pp.268-73.) ．Stone,Raymond J (2010), Managing Human Resources 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Son Australia (Pp.386-78.) ．Stone,Raymond J (2006), Managing Human Resources 1st Edition, John Wiley & Son Australia (Pp.312-8.) ．Mills, A.J, Helms Mills, J. and Miller,G.E. (2010), Introduction: gender and diversity at work II—Making Sense of 21st Century Workplace Initiatives...
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...In many cases, it is difficult to align scientific advances and history to psychological theories. What can be said with confidence is that many psychological theories would not have existed without the contexts of some of the dominant social systems that existed worldwide. In cases where there were not many major historical events, scientific advances or psychological theories, the distributions of such events seems to be similar (i.e., 2011-present). It is possible that with more major historical events and advances in science and medicine, the more psychological theories seemed to be...
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... | | |FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT | GROUP ASSIGNMENT Subject: Auditing and Assurance Services 1 Unit Code: UKAF 2113 Case Study TROBERG STORES Instructions for the preparation of group assignment A) General instructions • This assignment requires students to study the case Troberg Stores,a retail business on the issues of internal control and compliance to laws & regulations It should not exceed 3500 words (* excluding reference and appendix. Title and name (e.g.Malaysian Institute of Accountants) are considered as 1 word.) • Students are required to form a group consists of maximum 5 members • Students are encouraged to retain a BACKUP softcopy of the assignment, as marked assignments will not be returned. • Assignment must be submitted in hardcopy to the lecturer by week 8 Even though the lecturer will use the case to discuss the relevant topics students are expected to produce answers that are original from their own ability to analyze and digest the case. Deadline for submission of assignment is to be strictly adhered to, No extension of time will be allowed except extenuating circumstances, e.g. medical reasons. Students who wish to apply for extension of time for extension of time for submission of assignment after the due date shall put in writing...
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...The article, “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates summarizes the time of the period that Racism and discrimination is a problem issue happening in American Society. In the article, Coates talks about Clyde Ross’s life during that time of period. Although, the benefit is a little better for the black people after the Civil War, the blacks still are treated unfairly compared to the whites. The blacks still didn’t receive the equal rights that the whites had. They even have to pursue later on the whites. Coates argues that even though the slavery and segregation have ended, but there was nevertheless a substantial divergence between the salary of the blacks and the tweeds. Because of the crevice in riches, accomplishment, and an extensive variety of wellbeing and welfare conclusions in the middle of highly contrasting Americans is the consequence of intentional approach choices. Most of the black families are not as wealthy as the whites in America’s society. Some the black families, even earned less than the white by the same duties or extended hours only for the...
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...ENC 1102 Research Paper May 1st, 2013 Unreasonable Discrimination Racial discrimination is an issue that has persisted through many centuries and across geographical boundaries. Members of the black race have been strongly affected by racial discrimination since colonial times when white conquerors brought blacks from Africa as slaves to carry out hard labor jobs. Meanwhile, conquerors treated African slaves as inferior and usually worse than an animal. Society has evolved since and through a lot of work and effort, in the United States and most countries in the world slavery has been abolished and there is a constitutional equality among citizens regardless of their race or background. However, in reality our society even today experiences different degrees of racial discrimination. In spite of this, African Americans have fought against racial discrimination sometimes resorting to physical means, but most importantly utilizing intellectual means. African Americans through centuries have written poems, stories, plays and motivational speeches that express their pride in overcoming hardships in a way that could never be silenced. This way, African Americans have shown over the years that they are not an “inferior” race as it was considered in colonial times. The Homo sapiens species is so diverse that it is difficult to draw clear lines between humans based on their race or the color of their skin. However, even today societies attempt to classify people...
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...either consciously or sub consciously. Finally, from an objective perspective, this research will explain how racism develops through various ideas and why. Within these pages we will explore the possible causes of racism such as ethnocentrism, or the idea that one ethnic group is more superior to another. Xenophobia, fear and dislike of people from other countries or cultures is another contributing factor to racism. National pride can be a source of unity but also an excuse to discriminate against others, by holding the belief that your nation is better than other nations. We will explore some theories related to racism such as the idea that sexual repression is to blame for violence. Also exploring the theory of energetic fields as a possible explanation for why we feel so different from others. Racism, is a product of social conditioning for some, while for others natural tendency to categorize people as being different. It is important to understand a problem before a solution can be obtained....
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...South were damaging to black children, and thus began to dismantle the system of legalized segregation—was an occasion for assessing the last half century’s progress in the lives of African Americans. While there remains deep disagreement about the current state of black America and the policies that ought to follow from that, most would agree that the status of African Americans has changed dramatically, if insufficiently, since Brown. Not only has the system of legal segregation been eliminated and widespread prejudice diminished, but the economic, political and educational status of many blacks has significantly improved. Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, generally viewed as one of the most important results of grantmaking by Carnegie Corporation of New York, played a major role in the story that led from an America, which after World War II still had a legal Jim Crow system in the South—along with a segregated army—to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was cited as the social scientific evidence justifying the Supreme Court’s decision that what had been deemed separate but equal education for black children was, in fact, detrimental to their development. Published in 1944 (by Harper & Bros.; reprinted in 1996 by Transaction Publishers), An American Dilemma served to crystallize the emerging awareness that racial discrimination and legal segregation could not endure in the...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CASE STUDY 1/15/2014 This course required us to conduct a case study on any organization of choice analyzing the organizational behavior principles being applied in practice. The aspects we analyzed were the corporate culture, leadership style and knowledge management. We begin by a brief introduction of the company and then analyze each of the aspects one by one and end it with a conclusion. The organization we decided to analyze is the Habib Metro Bank. The department in focus is the Operations department of the bank. Introduction : Habib Metro bank operates in all the major cities of Pakistan. Nationwide it has a 51-branch online network which provides finance services, especially in trade. Habib Metro basically is a merger of two giants, namely Habib bank A G Zurich and Metropolitan Bank Limited. HBZ is a principle share holder of Habib Metro. The bank commenced full scheduled operations in 1992. Within a short span of 20 years, the bank has become one of the three key players of midsized banking, and also ranks among the top 10 in Pakistan. The growth truly translates the vision of the bank of becoming the “most respected financial institution”. The Operations Department The operations department was termed as the “engine of the organization” by the interviewee. During the interview we realized that the operations department might as well be the next most important department after the finance department. The operations department is...
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...University) Email: akumfrancis@gmail.com Mob: +233 244 767 431 Abstract Background Medical waste unlike other ordinary waste poses serious health risk to the handlers, health staff, patients and the community. The area of medical waste management is neglected in most health care facilities in Ghana. The main objective of the study was to assess the Medical Waste management practices in Bawku Presbyterian Hospital of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Methods The study used structured questionnaires, observation checklist and key informant interview guide to collect data from management staff and waste workers. Results It was observed that there was low knowledge about medical waste among waste workers. Medical waste is not segregated, waste containers not coded/labelled, no secured storage area for waste, no budget specifically for medical waste management and no waste management manual in the hospital. Conclusion This study has shown that, waste management in the hospital is poor and has health implications to the handlers, staff, patients and visitors. Keywords: medical waste, Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, waste segregation, waste storage. Introduction Health care services generates waste just like other human activities which has to be managed and dispose in a safe manner to avoid or reduce risks it poses to the health of the healthcare providers, clients and the community within the operational area. In the management of waste, a healthcare waste...
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...throughout the history of its existence. There are many forms of gender inequality such as occupational segregation or the gender pay gap. Over many years the persistence of these issue has been slightly alleviated. However, even with this alleviation gender inequality is constantly a pressing issue that can be found under the microscope of many sociologists and social science professionals. As well as being a formal and academic issue, many individuals from all walks of life argue over civil rights daily to mitigate these social problems. Equality is something that should be freely allowed to people of all social and cultural groups, gender included. However gender inequality manages to impose on even this most simple ideal. The idea to be unfair or unjust to the opposite sex is not one that we are born with, but the gender roles we are raised within might have influence on our later actions toward one gender or another. From a young age we are given, taught, shown, or influenced to act with a feminine or masculine behavior. Little girls are present with dolls and china sets, while little boys are given trucks and toy soldiers. When entered into the world of athletics young girls are often entered into ballet or gymnastics, on the other hand boys start playing baseball or basketball. It is now becoming more common to see just as many girls racing down soccer fields as boys, and as many boys in dance classes as girls. Over the years the media has deluded the very specific...
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...how Daniel Wolf used participant observation to conduct research on biker gangs and how he used the interactionist perspective and labeling theory in his analysis. Define the term counter-culture, say how this concept applies to biker gangs, and use the conflict perspective to explain why people might join a counter-culture such as a biker gang. Use Merton’s anomie theory and the cultural transmission theory of deviance to analyze biker gangs. (Chapter 7 and Wolf article) Participant observation because He joined the rebels for a period of time to get an accurate sense of how they operate, referred to as participant observation By being one of them he was able to observe the gang in their natural settings and gather information from the field. This resulted in him being able to collect primary information...
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