Workplace Inequalities and Gender
Chapter 2
Name: Orlene Forrester
Professor: Stephen Braccio
Research Project: Workplace Inequalities and Gender
MGT 510
CHAPTER 2
Introduction:
Across the Unites States, it’s a basic human right to be free from inequality in the workplace, according to the United Nations, which states that workers have the right to be treated fairly and judged on their own merits and efforts in the work place. They are many forms of work place inequalities all with one common focal point, unjust tendency towards another human being. Work place inequality can be seen through gender discrimination, wage discrimination as well as discrimination base on educational attainment. Discrimination in the work place refers to a difference in treatment base on the personal characteristics on an individual, such as race or sex, irrespective to weather that individual’s profile matches the requirements of a particular job. The difference in treatment put such individual at a disadvantage or limits their access to benefits and opportunities available to other members of society. So it can be inferred in order to eliminate discrimination and achieve equality at work, it is important to understand what it is that needs to be eliminated and how it can be done. (Tomei Manuela, 2003)
The continued purpose this research study is to ascertain to what extent does workplace inequality continues to exist in today’s society base on gender, wages discrimination and educational backgrounds.
In recent years, researchers have begun studying patterns of gender economic inequality within a cross-national comparative perspective ( Blau and Khan 1995, 1996, 2000; Rosenfeld and Kalleberg 1990, 1991). The growing body of research on this issue has uniformly found that women are especially economically disadvantage in all countries. Nevertheless, the size of the disadvantage varies considerably across national labor markets (Gornick 1999; Orloff 2002; Rosenfeld and Kallebery 1990,
Name: Orlene Forrester
Professor: Stephen Braccio
Research Project: Workplace Inequalities and Gender
MGT 510
CHAPTER 2
Introduction:
Across the Unites States, it’s a basic human right to be free from inequality in the workplace, according to the United Nations, which states that workers have the right to be treated fairly and judged on their own merits and efforts in the work place. They are many forms of work place inequalities all with one common focal point, unjust tendency towards another human being. Work place inequality can be seen through gender discrimination, wage discrimination as well as discrimination base on educational attainment. Discrimination in the work place refers to a difference in treatment base on the personal characteristics on an individual, such as race or sex, irrespective to weather that individual’s profile matches the requirements of a particular job. The difference in treatment put such individual at a disadvantage or limits their access to benefits and opportunities available to other members of society. So it can be inferred in order to eliminate discrimination and achieve equality at work, it is important to understand what it is that needs to be eliminated and how it can be done. (Tomei Manuela, 2003)
The continued purpose this research study is to ascertain to what extent does workplace inequality continues to exist in today’s society base on gender, wages discrimination and educational backgrounds.
In recent years, researchers have begun studying patterns of gender economic inequality within a cross-national comparative perspective ( Blau and Khan 1995, 1996, 2000; Rosenfeld and Kalleberg 1990, 1991). The growing body of research on this issue has uniformly found that women are especially economically disadvantage in all countries. Nevertheless, the size of the disadvantage varies considerably across national labor markets (Gornick 1999; Orloff 2002; Rosenfeld and Kallebery 1990,
References: 5 Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin. “Education and the Struggle Against Race, Class and Gender Inequality,” Humanity and Society (1987) 6 Cornell News: Workplace Inequalities 14 The Gale Group Inc. 2007. Should Civil Rights Protection be Increased. 16 Social Issues: The Decline Relative Status of Black Women Workers. (1980 - 2002) http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/22986305