Changing Corporate America from Inside Out: Lesbian and Gay Workplace Rights
Nicole C. Raeburn
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Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 572.
A long-overdue study of the workplace movement, Raeburn's analysis focuses on the mobilization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employee networks over the past fifteen years to win domestic partner benefits in Fortune 1000 companies. Drawing on surveys of nearly one hundred corporations with and without gay networks, intensive interviews with human resources executives and gay employee activists, as well as a number of case studies, Raeburn reveals the impact of the larger social and political environment on corporations' openness to gay-inclusive policies, the effects of industry and corporate characteristics on companies' willingness to adopt such policies, and what strategies have ... Read more
A long-overdue study of the workplace movement, Raeburn's analysis focuses on the mobilization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employee networks over the past fifteen years to win domestic partner benefits in Fortune 1000 companies. Drawing on surveys of nearly one hundred corporations with and without gay networks, intensive interviews with human resources executives and gay employee activists, as well as a number of case studies, Raeburn reveals the impact of the larger social and political environment on corporations' openness to gay-inclusive policies, the effects of industry and corporate characteristics on companies' willingness to adopt such policies, and what strategies have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816639984
SKU
V9780816639984
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About Nicole C. Raeburn
Nicole C. Raeburn is assistant professor and chair of sociology at the University of San Francisco.
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