Abstract
mrev management revue , Seite 458 - 474
Highlights
A slow decline in gender segregation over the last twenty years has been demonstrated in the USA and Australia but women still predominate in sales and service occupations, and men in skilled trades
The Equal Opportunity for Women Agency (EOWA) that is responsible for administering the Act provides guidelines for the preparation of programs and reports, and collects and publishes reports from larger non-government employers annually
Good jobs are experienced by women workers in one company, while in another workplace less than a kilometre away many women experience bad jobs
Summary
A slow decline in gender segregation over the last twenty years has been demonstrated in the USA and Australia (as elsewhere) but women still predominate in sales and service occupations, and men in skilled trades. The EOWA emphasises the business case for improving women’s working lives: ‘Employers are reaping the benefits of their equal opportunity for women in the workplace programs through increased employee effectiveness, attracting and retaining the best talent, improved morale and increased consumer and market responsiveness. In this research two organisations (C1 and C2) in a traditional male employment sector (manufacturing), demonstrated dramatic differences with respect to the conditions and quality of work available to women employees. The most marked of these was the relative number of women in management roles and the availability of flexible employment conditions for women workers Both organisations are strongly dominated by male employees at all roles and levels except as office workers, but in C1 a much greater proportion of the female workforce was in management. Explanations for the differences between the two case studies are undertaken and the conclusions are set out
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