Gender Inequality and Job Quality in Europe
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Peter Muhlau, Gender Inequality and Job Quality in Europe, Management Revue. The international review of management studies. Special Issue 'New Perspectives on the Quality of Working Life', 22, 2, 2011, 114 - 131Download Item:
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In this paper, I examine whether and to which degree the quality of work and employment differs between men and women and how these gender differences are
shaped by societal beliefs about `gender equality.? Using data from the 2004 wave of
the European Social Survey, I compare the jobs of men and women across a variety of
measures of perceived job quality in 26 countries. Key findings are that job quality is
gendered: Jobs of men are typically characterized by high training requirements, good
promotion opportunities and high levels of job complexity, autonomy and
participation. Jobs for women, in contrast, are less likely to pose a health or safety risk
or to involve work during antisocial hours. However, contrary to expectation, the job
profiles of men and women are not more similar in societies with gender egalitarian
norms. While women are relatively more likely to be exposed to health and safety
risks, work pressure and demands to work outside regular working time, in more gender-egalitarian societies their work is not, relative to men?s, more skilled, complex or
autonomous. Neither do more egalitarian societies provide more opportunities for
participation and advancement for women than less egalitarian societies.
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