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1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; Why Write a Book on Women in Public Service Organizations? ; Principles Guiding the Book; Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities; Outline of the Book ; 1. From Representation to Diversity: The Road Ahead ; From Diversity to Representation; Equity-Based Argument s for Diversity; The Consumerist Argument for Representative Bureaucracy; Identity Diversity and Functional Diversity; Diversity and the Challenge of Representing Groups; Passive and Active Representation |
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Work-Life Balance, Fit, or Satisfaction Diversity Theories ; Gender and Roles ; Implicit Bias ; Institutional Discrimination; Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities ; Key Terms ; 2. Legislation Affecting Women ; Employment Discrimination Legislation ; Sex-Based Employment Discrimination; Equal Pay Legislation ; Disability and Genetics Legislation; Legislation on Workplace Benefits ; Family Medical Leave ; Breastfeeding and the Law ; Publicly Supported Child Care and Education ; Reconsidering Policy: An Opportunity? ; Family Responsibility Discrimination, a New Frontier |
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Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities Key Terms ; 3. Policy, the Executive Branch, and the Courts; Policies by Political Leadership of the Executive Branch; Affirmative Action (Executive Order 11246); Obama Administration's Leadership ; The Supreme Court and Landmark Rulings ; Affirmative Action: University of Michigan Admissions Policies; Equal Pay Act: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire ; Implications for Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: Staub v. Proctor Hospital; Dukes v. Wal-Mart; Sex Equality and Federal Agencies; Department of Labor ; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
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National Science Foundation Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities; Key Terms ; 4. Social Costs of Career ; Workplace ""Choices"" ; Social Costs of Career: Trends in Marriage, Divorce, and Children; Career Costs: Salvaging a Career by Exiting and Reentering, Downshifting, or Entrepreneurship; Part-Time ""Bad"" Jobs; Work-Life Balance Policies; Family and Medical Leave Act as the Floor; Flexible Schedules; Supportive Lactation Policies and Programs; Child-Care and Elder-Care Benefits ; Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities; Key Terms |
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5. Segregation and Representation of Women in Public OrganizationsWomen in Representative Institutions ; Overrepresentation and Underrepresentation in Public Administration; Agency Segregation; Position Segregation ; Occupational Segregation; Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities ; Key Terms; 6. Equal Pay; Nature of Work and Pay; Occupational, Agency, and Position-Level Segregations; Part-Time vs. Full-Time Work; Entry and Reentry: ''The Mommy Track -- Human Capital Factors; Organization Type and Industry; Years of Experience; Collective Bargaining; Education and Pay ; Authority Pays! ; Age |
| Summary |
This book tackles the challenges that women face in the workplace generally and in the public sector particularly. While Women and Public Service spends time identifying and describing the problems that women faced in the past, it pays special attention to identifying possible remedies to these problems, and also surveys progress made in recent decades. The authors present the challenge of accommodating women in public sector organisations as both a fairness issue and also a human resources matter, as a fundamental prerequisite for recruiting the best and brightest talent. Key content coverage |
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Merit and Cost of Living |
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Print version record |
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Women in the civil service -- United States
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Discrimination in employment -- United States.
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Women -- Employment -- United States
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Diversity in the workplace -- United States
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Discrimination in employment.
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Diversity in the workplace.
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Women -- Employment.
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Women in the civil service.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tower, Leslie E
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| ISBN |
9781317451914 |
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1317451910 |
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