Forum 7.1 – Male-dominated workplaces

Check out the main readings. They are relevant to the exam.
Did Murray and Peetz find assimilation acted in the same way in the Queensland coal industry as it did for Kanter in her 1977 study?
Was the Queensalnd coal experience studied by Murray & Peetz similar to, or different from, the WA diamond mining experience studied by Eveline & Wright?

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Forum 7.2 – Gender policies & practices

In what way do the policies and practices of the organisation in which you work, and its management, influence gender outcomes in your workplace?

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Forum 7.3 – The ‘powerful women’s paradox’

What is the ‘powerful women’s paradox’? What explains it?

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Forum 7.4 – Time use and gender

Think about what is shown by the data on pp4-6 of the notes, about how men and women spend their time at, and away from, work and the way this (and the presence of children or a spouse) affects their earning ability and quality of life.
Why is it that women are more likely than men to report that they often or almost always feel rushed or pressed for time?

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Forum 8.1 – Types of emotion management

How do jobs that have been undertaken by you, or by people you know, relate to the the various types of emotion management?
In what ways do those different forms of emotion management have positive, or negative, consequences for employees?

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Forum 8.2 – Gender & emotion work

What similarities or differences are there between how emotional work or labour is undertaken in female-dominated, and male-dominated, occupations?