diversity in the workplace

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parenting again

- those grandparents who become responsible for their grandchildren due to teen pregnancy, substance abuse or imprisonment of parents, child abuse, neglect, abandonment, or death of the parent.

What is the one drop rule

1% black means 100% black

There are four generations in the workplace today

1.Traditionalists​ 2.Baby Boomers​ 3.Generation X 4.Internet/Generation Y​

Employment Prime Age

25-54

The two laws that protect the disabled

Americans with Disability Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Two laws that protect the disabled

Americans with Disability Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Model Minority myth

Assumes that they don't need help/ other minorities should be in the same category/ segregates and categorizes races

Heterosexism

Discrimination or prejudice against homosexuals on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation.

Human Capital

Human capital is a measure of the economic value of an employee's skill set.

Gender Diversity

In 2000, women constituted 48% of workforce

What is covered under the ADA

Person w/ a physical or mental impairment

Two titles of the ADA that protect the disabled and apply to most private industry

Title I (ensures equal opportunity) and Title III (ensures equal access).

Gendered Organizational Culture

Understanding different genders

Define Sandwich Generation

a generation of people, typically in their thirties or forties, responsible for bringing up their own children and for the care of their aging parents.

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

a work requirement reasonably necessary to the normal performance of a job, such as being a certain age or gender, or having the ability to lift a certain amount of weight.

Baby Boomers

are 53 % of the workforce and are expected to be in the workplace until approximately 2015. They will be working longer because they are big spenders and poor savers. The plus side to this is that the next generation will benefit the social paid by this generation.

Grey Panthers

are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues.

Nexters

are called by various names: Generation Y Internet Generation, Nintendo Generation or Generation 2001.

Men

are more transactional

women

are more transformational in their management style.

Asian Americans

are one of the fastest growing groups in the workplace.The increase in the Asian American population is due primarily to immigration.

Gen Xers

are self-reliant, embrace diversity, adaptable, unintimidated by authority, lack people skills, and are straightforward.

micro-affirmations

are subtle or apparently small acknowledgements of a person's value and accomplishments. They may take the shape of public recognition of the person, "opening a door," referring positively to the work of a person, commending someone on the spot, or making a happy introduction

Veterans

are the oldest group in the workplace (25%) most CEOs are in this group.

Gays and Lesbians

banded together with Blacks in their fight for civil rights.

The Americans with Disability Act established in 1990

bans discrimination against disabled workers who can perform the essential functions of the job. It also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations.

President passed DADT

bill Clinton

Latinos

come from various racial backgrounds, Black, White, Indian, and mixtures. Latino identity is based primarily on language and cultural factors.

Baby Boomers

defined by their work. They are optimistic, judgmental, team oriented and uncomfortable with conflict.

The AMerican with disabilities act

defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical, mental, or emotional impairment or has a history of such.

Stained Glass Ceiling

difficulty for women who seek to gain a role within church leadership.

Inter-ethnic discrimination

discrimination within the specific ethnicity aka latinos

Traditionalists

exhibit American values civic pride, loyalty, respect for authority, family values, work ethic, dedication, order, and a sense of duty.

Flying while brown

getting patted down as a Muslim man every time you fly

Latino men

have higher employment participation rates than any other group in the U.S.

Japanese Americans

have received reparations for past wrongs.

Intellectual Disability

his/her IQ is below 70 - 75.

A disabled worker

includes those who have diabetes, cancer, AIDS (invisible disabilities), as well as paralysis, blindness, and hearing disabilities.

micro-inequities

is a theory that refers to hypothesized ways in which individuals are either singled out, overlooked, ignored, or otherwise discounted based on an unchangeable characteristic such as race or gender.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

is largely responsible for women's increased earnings of approximately 80% of what men earn.

occupational segregation

is the distribution of people across and within occupations and jobs, based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender.

Miscegenation

marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person

Model Minority

model minority is a socially marginalized group that has been deemed successful overall. Like Asian Americans

fictive kin

people who are regarded as being part of a family even though they are not related by either blood or marriage bonds. Fictive kinship may bind people together in ties of affection, concern, obligation, and responsibility.

Define Glass Escalator

precipitous promotion of men over women into management positions in female-dominated fields such as nursing, education, social work, and even ballet

Access Discrimination

prevents members of a particular social category from obtaining a job or entering a profession

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

protects workers over 40 years old against employment discrimination.

Name the two types of sexual harassment.

quid quo pro and hostile work environment

Define Sticky Floor

refers to women who occupy low-paying, low-mobility positions such as clerical and administrative assistants, mental health-care and child-care workers, and service and maintenance employees. They keep the wheels of government, higher education, and business turning

Women

represent more than half of the workforce.

Title VII 1964 Civil Rights Act

requires employers to accommodate sincerely held religious beliefs unless the accommodation poses an undue hardship.

Bridge Employment

retired workers that go back to work

Race-Coded Job Channeling

secretly recruiting only whites vs minorities regardless of merits

US Department of Labor's definition of a family

spouse, child, or parent

Effect of Not understanding the perspective of others

stress, frustration, and confusion.

New Racism

suggests to have some sort of new strength because it does not appear to be racism. New racism relies more heavily on manipulation of ideas within mass media and to reproduce and disseminate the ideologies needed to justify racism.Hispanic group has the longest history in the U.S: Puerto Rican's

Treatment Discrimination

takes place when members of a particular group don't receive the rewards, resources or opportunities they deserve based on their work performance

Human Capital Theory

the argument that individuals make investments in their own "human capital" in order to increase their productivity and earnings

Hispanic immigrants

the most of this kind of immigrant in the U.S. than any other minority group.

Define Sex Segregation

the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex. Bathrooms?

Gender Role Socialization?Give an example

the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one's sex. Sociologists explain through gender socialization why human males and females behave in different ways: they learn different social roles. Dolls vs action figures

Glass Closet

the state in which the sexual orientation of a homosexual person is known to many but not publicly acknowledged.

example of a Religious Accommodation

time off for a religious holiday

Indians

were once categorized by the U.S. Census as White.

Passing

when a person classified as a member of one racial group is also accepted as a member of a different racial group.


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