The Occupational Position of Employed Hispanic Women Systematic investigation of the labor market experiences of Hispanic origin women is a relatively new endeavor in the field of social stratification. This study contributes to the research on ethnic stratification by comparing the importance of achieved and ascribed characteristics as criteria for assigning occupational positions to women of ...

ABSTRACT Several studies have indicated a type of hierarchical capitalism in Latin America, characterized by the presence multinational and state corporations, diversified multi-enterprise groups, low-skilled labor, segmented labor markets. From perspective ownership networks, we explore who owners large Brazilian corporations are. These networks reveal actors groups with prominent positions st...

In 2008, women comprised 46.5 percent of the U.S. labor force, and occupied nearly 51 percent of all managerial and professional jobs, yet women holding the titles of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), chief operating officer (COO), and executive vice-president (EVP) remained at about seven percent of the population of U.S. executives, according to the non-profit research group, Catalyst....

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This study examines how globalization affected employment changes in the German shipbuilding industry second half of 20th century. Over four decades, as a response to global competition originally large and labor-intensive shipyards northwest Germany evolved into lean nimble high-technology companies. Our findings based on 28 oral history interviews with former staff two leading show that this ...

Few studies have examined the mental health of people in a leadership position. Most time, health-related policies were created for non-leaders to cope with perceived pressure from their leaders. Nevertheless, organizational leaders itself might be at stake due ‘acts’ they perform. This current study aimed investigate moderating effect social support and self-compassion on relationship between ...

Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide, and usually also finance, training positions, often incurring considerable net costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is act in accordance with norms expectations they face local labor market which operate. In paper, we focus Swiss apprenticeship system ask whethe...

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