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The relationship between career and job opportunities : women’s employment in the hospitality industry as a microcosm of women’s employment
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Purcell, Kate (1996) The relationship between career and job opportunities : women’s employment in the hospitality industry as a microcosm of women’s employment. Women in Management Review, 11 (5). pp. 17-24. doi:10.1108/09649429610122618
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09649429610122618
Abstract
Points out that in virtually all cultures and within the majority of organizations, there are differences in the distribution of women and men throughout the workforce, with clear understandings about appropriate work for women and men and which incumbents of posts are in “gender atypical” occupations. States that women managers are a case in point. Explores the dynamics which lead to and reinforce gendered occupational segregation by focusing on the hospitality industry, in which women predominate in the UK workforce but remain under‐represented in management. Postulates that there are three mutually‐reinforcing but distinct elements which influence the allocation or denial of particular work to women: labour cost, sexuality and patriarchal prescription. Presents research findings which suggest that women in “feminized” industries and occupations may face more formidable barriers and prejudices when they seek to develop careers rather than jobs because of the entrenched roles already allocated to women in such employment contexts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women in the hospitality industry -- Great Britain, Hospitality industry -- Employment, Sex discrimination in employment, Women -- Employment, Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination), Women executives | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Women in Management Review | ||||
| Publisher: | MCB UP Ltd | ||||
| ISSN: | 0964-9425 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1996 | ||||
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| Volume: | 11 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 17-24 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1108/09649429610122618 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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