▪ Abstract Flirting, bantering, and other sexual interactions are commonplace in work organizations. Not all of these constitute harassment or assault; consensual relationships, defined as those reflecting positive autonomous expressions workers' desire, also prevalent the workplace focus this paper. We begin by reviewing research on distinction between consent. Next we examine popular business literatures office romance. Finally discuss sociological including mate selection, organizational...

Research has shown that a majority of employed women experience sexual harassment and suffer negative repercussions because it; yet only minority these label their experiences “sexual harassment.” To investigate how people identify harassment, in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 waitpeople in restaurants Austin, Texas. Most respondents worked highly sexualized work environments. Respondents labeled advances as four specific contexts: (1) when perpetrated by someone who exploited...

List of figures and tables Acknowledgements 1. Law, markets, the institutional construction gender inequality in pay Part I. Theory Method: 2. Legal theories sex-based discrimination 3. Toward an organizational theory 4. Methodological approach: law cases, case studies, critical empiricism II. The Case Studies. Section A. Public Sector Organizations: 5. Paternalism politics a university system: Christensen v. State Iowa 6. Bureaucratic state AFSCME Washington B. Private 7. Corporate...

Sociological studies suggest that there is social change occurring in the acceptance of lesbians and gay men workplace. Compared to prior decades, are more businesses welcome, value, even privilege nonheterosexual sexual identities relationships. Few have analyzed workers' experiences these types work contexts. In this article, we explore "out" LGB women who for organizations they consider "gay-friendly." In-depth interviews demonstrated that, although lesbian workers feel accepted...

Abstract Organization scholars historically ignored the crucial importance of sexuality in workplace. But last 20 years, influenced by ‘sexuality organizations’ perspective have documented ways that management and deployment workers’ are key elements organizational life. While most these studies persistent privileging heterosexuality work organizations, a recent trend is to investigate new form: gay‐friendly We review legal policy changes US workplaces made them more accepting gay lesbian...

Abstract Voluminous scholarship documents the wage gap, occupational segregation, sexual harassment, and other forms of gender inequality at work. Few sociological studies explore women's work relationships with women. Our article summarizes existing research from several disciplines on working Specifically, three themes about conditions emerge that discourage support for women: (a) negative stereotypes women, (b) lack recognition inequality, (c) devaluation relationships, groups, networks....

Health care professionals use strategies during the physical examination to stay in control of their feelings, behaviors patients, and avoid allegations sexual misconduct. To investigate how health practitioners desexualize exams, authors conducted 70 in-depth interviews with physicians nurses. Three desexualizing were general ones, used by both male female providers, employed regardless characteristics patients: engaging conversation nonsexual joking, meeting patient clothed before exam,...

Purpose To develop and validate a survey instrument to measure medical students' career-related values. Method A literature review yielded seven content domains that consistently correlated with career choices: biosocial orientation, bioscientific academic interest, prestige, income, desire avoid role strain, for support. Item pools the were developed by examining previously published questionnaires research interviewing health professionals, students, premedical students. The was tested in...

This paper describes two teaching strategies from our workshop, “Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work,” that can help students understand mechanisms consequences workplace gender inequality at macro- micro-levels. Cynthia Anderson's class project uses wage sex composition data allows to learn actively how are used study general trends changes over time. It encourages explore reality their possible careers fields in terms wages, proportion women men, other factors. Sharon Bird's exercise...

Comme plusieurs travaux l'ont montré, les salariées sont majoritairement exposées au harcèlement sexuel et souffrent des répercussions négatives qu'il engendre ; pourtant, seule une minorité de ces femmes qualifie expériences vécues « ». Dans le cadre d'une enquête sur l'identification du sexuel, entretiens approfondis avec dix-huit serveuses serveurs ont été menés dans restaurants d'Austin, Texas. Les personnes interrogées n'ont qualifié certaines avances sexuelles » que quatre contextes...

In the wake of #metoo movement, Harris and Giuffre use restaurant industry as an example to illustrate how viewing sexual harassment issue organizational culture–rather than just behavior a few bad actors–can inform our understanding in workplace.

Women’s empowerment and “success at work” self-help workshops, webinars, advice books proliferate in our neoliberal economy. These initiatives purport to help women navigate workplaces overcome their limitations be more successful work. Through a qualitative content analysis of 15 published from 2013 2020, this article analyzes how women’s men’s work relationships are depicted popular press career that marketed for women. We identify three main themes. First, men described as baffled by...