Discrimination in Employment

 

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Thesis Statement:

 

Sexual discrimination in labor market: female employees are less paid than their male counterparts in the high technology industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Source:

 

California Attorney General's Office. (2001) Unlawful discrimination : your rights and remedies : civil rights handbook.  (3rd) Sacramento, CA: California Dept. of Justice, Public Inquiry Unit.

 

Reference annotation:

 

Written for citizens of the state, the Attorney Generals office has written a guide book to the most commonly asked questions concerning discrimination.  Material for the book was gathered from law case studies, and directories.  It is the most recent edition of the title.  This information could also be gathered from the California web site (www.ca.gov) but one would have to search in multiple places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book

Moss, Philip and Chris Tilly (2001).  Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skill, and Hiring in America.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

 

Annotation for book:

 

Describes a research study conducted by University professors, regarding skills employers seek, and hiring procedures.  The book was published in 2001 and the study was conducted in 1992 to 1995.  The authors surveyed and interviewed employers.  The relevant information for this paper is that women in the workforce who were also paying for child care reported a 10% penalty in wages. (p. 180).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article 1:  Scholarly Article

 

Kramer, P.E. and S. Lehman (1990).  Mismeasuring Women: A Critique of Research on Computer Ability and Avoidance.  Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, 16 (1) p158, 15p.  Retrieved from PsychInfo on September 18, 2003.

 

 

Annotation 1

Research review conducted by professors at a University describes reasons why women are at a disadvantage in the computer workforce.  They looked at studies of mathematic and computer learning, and reentry in the workforce.  Since this is a 1990 study new studies may reveal different trends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article 2:  News Article

 

Willmott, Ben (2003).  EOC to Probe Abuse of Pregnancy Rights.  Personnel Today, Sept. 2, p1.  Retrieved from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

 

 

Annotation 2

A report working for Personnel News writes that the pregnancy and maternity discrimination received the highest number of EOC discrimination complaints in the last year.  The report quotes a number of high ranking experts and government officials, and includes survey statistics about people experiencing discrimination at work.  This article is relevant to the topic because among the acts of discrimination is lowered pay and missed promotions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Source

 

Michele Keller (2001). Pay Equity Victory: Capitol Hill Custodial Workers Settle Wage Discrimination Lawsuit. Retrieved March 18, 2003 from http://www.now.org/issues/economic/122801payequity.html

 

 

Evaluation of Internet Source

 

The news article on the web site of the National Organization for Women describes a recent settlement of a law suit and its impact on women and wage discrimination.  Since this is political organization material will reflect their philosophy.  It encourages membership and advocacy of women’s rights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summarizing comments about the research

 

This is a challenging and rewarding experience.  A lot of articles I found on the computer are not available from our library.  I had to go through a long list before I could locate one that our library has. Internet search was exciting. I thought I knew all about the Web. But I did learn a few more search tricks from the class.