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Equal Work, Unequal Careers : African Americans in the Workforce / Rochelle Parks-Yancy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (153 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781935049722
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.6/396073
LOC classification:
  • E185.8 ǂb P375 2010eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Careers and Social Capital -- 2. Social Class, Education, and Finding Work -- 3. Surviving Layoffs -- 4. Race, Gender, and Accumulating Career (Dis)Advantages -- 5. Social Program Interventions -- 6. Strategies for Improving Access -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Why do some people get ahead in the workplace, while others, equally qualified, fall behind? Rochelle Parks-Yancy uses the experience of African American workers across the US to reveal how the forces of inequality and social capital shape long-term occupational success. Parks-Yancy's mixed-methods approach probes the ways that people find jobs, lose jobs, and get promoted, illuminating the subtle nexus of race, social networks, and societal barriers that can make or break a career trajectory. Demonstrating how disadvantages can accumulate over time, she goes beyond affirmative action to outline how individual workers can seize the initiative in remedying labor market inequalities.      
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781935049722

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Careers and Social Capital -- 2. Social Class, Education, and Finding Work -- 3. Surviving Layoffs -- 4. Race, Gender, and Accumulating Career (Dis)Advantages -- 5. Social Program Interventions -- 6. Strategies for Improving Access -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Why do some people get ahead in the workplace, while others, equally qualified, fall behind? Rochelle Parks-Yancy uses the experience of African American workers across the US to reveal how the forces of inequality and social capital shape long-term occupational success. Parks-Yancy's mixed-methods approach probes the ways that people find jobs, lose jobs, and get promoted, illuminating the subtle nexus of race, social networks, and societal barriers that can make or break a career trajectory. Demonstrating how disadvantages can accumulate over time, she goes beyond affirmative action to outline how individual workers can seize the initiative in remedying labor market inequalities.      

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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