Blue-collar women at work with men
Subtitle: negotiating the hostile environment
By: Jeanie Ahearn Greene
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780313082993
Subjects: Sex discrimination in employment; Vrouwendiscriminatie; Sex role in the work environment; Law and legislation; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Werkende vrouwen; Working class women; LAW; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-201) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Equal employment opportunity for women : an introduction and overview; title: Seventeen blue-collar women : the collective voice; title: United States employment-discrimination law : an analysis of social policy; title: Pathways to employment : early preparation for traditionally male blue-collar jobs; title: The hiring process : women's entry into traditionally male blue-collar occupations; title: On the job, doing the job : reconsidering job descriptions, performance, and evaluation; title: Walls and doorways : employers' barriers and supports to job performance; title: Gatekeepers to opportunity and protectors against discrimination : management, supervisors, and unions; title: Good guys/bad guys : how to determine what is reasonable; title: How men treat women : "working" relationships between the sexes; title: Negotiating the hostile work environment : strategies for women to alleviate employment discrimination and sex-based harassment; title: Mitigating the hostile work environment : conclusions and recommendations.