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| Author: | Larsen, E.A. |
| Title: | The impact of occuopational sex segregation on family businesses: the case of american harness racing |
| Journal: | Gender, Work and Organization
2006 : JUL, VOL. 13:4, p. 359-382 |
| Index terms: | family firms gender sex discrimination |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses individual family businesses in American harness horse racing, a highly sex-segregated industry, and provides insights in how vertical and horizontal sex segregation may develop in family businesses. It is shown how the belief that married couples cannot debate and resolve work-related conflicts without undue strain on their personal relationship leads some of these couples to organize their work into gendered tasks and workspaces, contributing to the maintenance of vertical segregation in the trainer position |
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