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What is Horizontal Segregation

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Macro and Micro-Level Issues Surrounding Women in the Workforce: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Horizontal segregation refers to the limited opportunities for one gender (i.e., women) in certain occupations, professions, departments, and sectors since they are dominated by the other gender.
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Gender Inequality in Work Organizations: What HRM Practices Mean for Gender Inequality
Safak Oz Aktepe (Bahcesehir University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 36
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9163-4.ch001
Abstract
In this chapter, the author aims to present, through a review of literature, that the gender equality assumption of the human resource management (HRM) approach is not taken for granted. It seems there exist two sides of the same coin, one representing the HRM approach and the other representing the gendered approach to HRM practices. This chapter reviews HRM practices in work organizations as the potential facilitator of gender inequalities in organizations. In addition, the contentious function of HRM practices in maintaining gender inequalities within work organizations is reviewed. In spite of knowing the implication of HRM practices on being a gender-diverse organization, there remain few studies on the relationship between HRM practices and gender inequality in work organizations. Such research will add a different perspective to HRM practices and contribute to the awareness related to the gendered nature of organizations and their organizational practices.
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The Relationship Between Old Institutional Economics (OIE) and Feminist Economics: An Essay on Veblen and Feminist Economics
It arises when men and women do different type of Works like if woman works as secretary or a nurse.
Published in Chapter: The Relationship Between Old Institutional Economics (OIE) and Feminist Economics: An Essay on Veblen and Feminist Economics; From: Examining the Relationship Between Economics and Philosophy
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End of Occupational Segregation in the Nursing Profession: What Has Changed for Female Nurses?
Different genders are associated with types of work and industries. For example, in mining industry we don’t see female workers or there are a few male midwives.
Published in Chapter: End of Occupational Segregation in the Nursing Profession: What Has Changed for Female Nurses?; From: Macro and Micro-Level Issues Surrounding Women in the Workforce: Emerging Research and Opportunities
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