HRM 4440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mendelian Inheritance, Employment Discrimination, Social Mobility
17 Oct 2016
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To inherit means, (cid:498)to take or receive (cid:523)property, a right, a title, etc. (cid:524) by succession or will or to receive by the transmission of hereditary factors. Ex. a child from a high-income business family may inherit not just the family business or opportunities created by the business, but attitudes, values and motivation relating to business that are prevalent in their family. By considering inheritances it is therefore possible to predict aspects of careers in advance, such as whether a specific individual will have a professional or a manual occupation. Sociologist believe that the characteristics of social class, family background, gender, ethnicity and education over which the individual has no control are major determinants of careers. Inheritance principle suggest that careers are mostly predetermined by background, and that by the time a person enters their career and possibly from birth, its direction and success are largely beyond their control.
