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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"gendered institutions"”.
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An investigation of gendered institutions and the ideal worker narrative in the Scottish ICT industry.
This study critically investigates gendered organisational barriers in the Scottish technology industry, in an effort to understand the impact on gender-minority workers and the most effective ways to support those workers at the firm level. Aspects of organisational culture, gendered discourses …
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Maternity Leave Policy in U.S. Police Departments and School Districts: The impact of descriptive and social group representation in a context of gendered institutions
… activity in the community. Moreover, the gendered context of the organization is considered by comparing two historically distinct institutions on the gender continuum, public education and law enforcement. After analysis involving a national comparison of public school district and police …
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Gendered Devotions to Work and Family: Implications for Work/Family Conflict among Ghanaian Professionals
This thesis contends that the gendered nature of Ghanaian institutions of work and family, together with the traditional gender division of labour, gender ideologies and gender accountability in Ghana produces gendered devotions to work and family. These gendered devotions shape the work/family …
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Essays on Intra-Household Bargaining Power of Women in India
… broad topics – household bargaining models and gendered institutions, that can be used to identify avenues for increasing women's bargaining power within the household. In chapters three and four, I analyze the factors that determine women's power position, using data on women's involvement in …
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Women's experiences of the workers' compensation system in Queensland, Australia
… women and their family(s). Acker's theory of 'gendered institutions' was used to understand why "many apparently gender-neutral processes are sites of gender production" (Acker, 1992b, p. 249). The experiences of the eleven women suggested that the workers' compensation system in Queensland is …
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The Black Middle-class Marriage Paradox: At the Intersection of Race, Upward Mobility, and Gender
… of the most widely participated in and deeply gendered institutions in the world. Over time, American marriage has also become increasingly classed—selecting on those who are socioeconomically stable and college educated—and racialized—with Black Americans being the least likely group to ever …