WOMEN INEQUALITIES IN THE WORKPLACE

Women Inequalities in the Workplace

Women Inequalities in the Workplace

Jobs are important sources of personal welfare. They are important, often primary sources of income, security, challenge, and self-esteem. That job are profoundly segregated by sex and race has a great deal to do with the creation and maintenance of racial and gender inequalities in society. Jobs that are only or primarily populated by women or minorities tend to have low wages given their required skill levels. They also tend to have lower task complexity, autonomy, supervisory authority, and opportunities for promotion (Devey 1993). For a given level of ...