Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I COPING WITH EXCLUSION: BEING EXCLUDED FOR WHO YOU ARE
- 1 On being the target of prejudice: Educational implications
- 2 “To climb or not to climb?” When minorities stick to the floor
- 3 Managing the message: Using social influence and attitude change strategies to confront interpersonal discrimination
- 4 A new representation of minorities as victims
- 5 Marginalization through social ostracism: Effects of being ignored and excluded
- PART 2 COPING WITH EXCLUSION: BEING EXCLUDED FOR WHAT YOU THINK AND DO
- PART 3 COPING WITH INCLUSION
- Index
- References
2 - “To climb or not to climb?” When minorities stick to the floor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I COPING WITH EXCLUSION: BEING EXCLUDED FOR WHO YOU ARE
- 1 On being the target of prejudice: Educational implications
- 2 “To climb or not to climb?” When minorities stick to the floor
- 3 Managing the message: Using social influence and attitude change strategies to confront interpersonal discrimination
- 4 A new representation of minorities as victims
- 5 Marginalization through social ostracism: Effects of being ignored and excluded
- PART 2 COPING WITH EXCLUSION: BEING EXCLUDED FOR WHAT YOU THINK AND DO
- PART 3 COPING WITH INCLUSION
- Index
- References
Summary
INTRODUCTION
Laura, about 40-years-old, is a cultivated and resourceful woman. She has a university degree, fluently speaks four languages, and has spent a large part of her working life as a top manager within motor and financial corporations. Despite the fact that she reached a high status and a consequent economic condition, a few years ago she decided suddenly to give up her brilliant career to turn to a precarious and poorly paid job in social work. Since her working life changed, she has been faced with several employment contracts that were limited in time and quite meager in terms of salary. The case of Laura, who has moved from a secure working position to an uncertain one, could seem odd, given that no one forced her to leave her last corporate position and she hasn't been a victim of either moral or sexual harassment in the workplace. Moreover, people engaged in the struggle for women's economic emancipation might be shocked at the idea that a highly successful person abandoned her position. Hence, why did Laura make such a decision?
As far as this question is concerned, any potential answer should take into account two main arguments: First, professions are differentially evaluated in accordance with socially shared criteria, and those evaluations affect earnings and employment stability. Second, despite a generalized tendency for women to be emancipated from their traditional roles, women still tend to orient their working lives toward social concerns.
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- Coping with Minority StatusResponses to Exclusion and Inclusion, pp. 38 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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