The effects of sex -segregation and racial/ethnic segregation on the job -related well -being of women workers
Abstract
This research examines the effects of sex-segregation and racial/ethnic segregation in workplaces on the perceived job-related well-being of the women workers. Women's increased participation in the U.S.A. labor market has drawn attention to the impact of sex-segregation of the workplace on their well-being. Again, in the U.S.A. labor market, workers are also segregated in terms of race/ethnicity. Thus the study of sex-segregation without including the effect of racial/ethnic segregation provides an incomplete understanding of the perceived job-related well-being of the workers. Therefore, this dissertation investigates the influences of both sex-segregation and racial/ethnic segregation in the work settings on the job-related well-being of the women workers. Data are from The National Study of Changing Workforce (NCSW: 2002) and analyses are based on quantitative research methods. The findings are that the effects of sex-segregation and racial/ethnic segregation in the workgroups are comparatively less important than those of other workplace-related factors: workplace-related autonomy, workplace-related demands and work-family spillover. Findings are interpreted primarily in terms of gender and race/ethnicity-based consciousness-raising, women workers' perceptions about their job-related well-being and normative gender and racial/ethnic role expectations in the workplaces.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Perrucci, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Womens studies|Labor relations|Ethnic studies
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