SMO405 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Marriage Bar, Gary Becker, Parental Leave

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Strategic Management and Organization
• Course: SMO405
• Professor: Karen Hughes

Document Summary

Numerical concentration of women and men in different occupations (e. g. women or men form a numerical majority) Horizontal (across occup) vs. vertical (within an occup) Work is culturally associated with women or men e. g. nursing, secretaries v. s. mechanics, truck drivers (cid:858)toke(cid:374)s(cid:859) Women and men form a small and highly visible minority. 1967 royal commission on the status of women. Held hearings across the country, reporting in 1971. 167 recommendations in including change re: discrimination in hiring, marriage bar, pregnancy bar, maternity leave, education and training. 1971 unemployment insurance act modified to provide maternity benefits for 15 weeks. 1972 - minimum wage legislation provincial - amended to eliminate lower minimum wage for women. 1978 canadian human rights act comes into force prohibiting discrimination on a number of grounds including sex, and requiring equal pay for work of equal value (provincial acts follow) Labour market segmentation: human capital theory, gender socialization theory, gendered organizations, others self-efficacy, stereotype threat (section 2, 3)