Sex Discrimination in the Workplace Multidisciplinary Perspectives

by Crosby, Faye J.; Stockdale, Margaret S.; Ropp, S. Ann

• ISBN13: 9781405134491
• ISBN10: 1405134496
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by prominent experts, the chapters in this timely volume provide an innovative and cohesive look at the research, theory, and practical issues surrounding sex discrimination in the workplace. The first section gives detailed and thorough guidance to employers who wish to avoid litigation and to individuals who are considering litigation. Section Two contains riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers, and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against sex discriminatory employers. Section Three grounds the practical and the personal accounts in the broad and deep scholarship that tracks the extent and the nature of sex discrimination in the American workplace. Authoritative analyses from the nation's leading social scientists and legal scholars allow the reader to understand how psychologists, sociologists, economists, and legal scholars approach issues of sex discrimination. Given what we know about the dynamics of sex discrimination, what strategies can we use to eradicate it? The final section is devoted to solutions and contains some surprising answers. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.

Author Biography

Faye J. Crosby is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and an expert on affirmative action. She has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 14 volumes and over 150 articles and chapters in scholarly books. Her most recent books include Affirmative Action Is Dead: Long Live Affirmative Action (2004) and The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity (edited with Margaret S. Stockdale, Blackwell, 2004).

Margaret S. Stockdale is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Applied Psychology Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her publications include Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (edited, 1996) and Women and Men in Organizations: Sex and Gender Issues in the Workplace (with Jeanette N. Cleveland and Kevin R. Murphy, 2000).

S. Ann Ropp is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Alaska Southeast. Her research examines women’s reactions to sex discrimination and how these reactions may be influenced by women’s interpersonal relationships with men.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

What Employers and Employees Should Know about Sex Discrimination

Understanding Sex Discrimination: Introduction to Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

Avoiding the Sex Discrimination Claim and Defending the Sex Discrimination Suit

When an Individual Finds Herself to be the Victim of Sex Discrimination

From the Trenches: Individual narratives from plaintiffs, attorneys, and expert witnesses

Opposing Views, Strongly Held

Gender Equity at Stanford University: A Story Behind the Statistics

How Did a Nice Girl Like You ...?

A Gender Discrimination Class Action From the Point of View of Plaintiffs ' Lawyers

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Gender Integration of Physically Demanding Positions

Reflections on Being an Expert Witness in Class Action Sex Discrimination Litigation

My experience as an expert witness in sex discrimination and sexual harassment litigation

Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Lessons from Two High-Profile Cases

Disciplinary Perspectives

Sex Discrimination: The Psychological Approach

Sociological Approaches to Sex Discrimination in Employment

Discrimination through the Economist 's Eye

Legal Perspectives on Employment Discrimination

Potential Solutions to the Problems of Sex Discrimination in Employment

A Critical Look at Organizational Responses to and Remedies for Sex Discrimination

The Watched Variable Improves: On Eliminating Sex Discrimination in Employment

References

Bios

Index

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