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Just Checking It Out: Exploring the Significance of Informal Gender Divisions Amongst American Supermarket Employees
Author(s) -
Tolich Martin,
Briar Celia
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0432.00076
Subject(s) - inequality , task (project management) , gender inequality , gender equality , dynamics (music) , sociology , public relations , gender studies , demographic economics , political science , economics , management , mathematical analysis , pedagogy , mathematics
This paper describes a research project in which some of the dynamics of informal gendered task segregation between male and female workers in American supermarkets with the same job description are explored. It also provides a discussion of the implications of this form of gender inequality for equal opportunities policies.