diversity in the workplace
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.