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Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
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Perfecting Exit: The Politics of Quitting Among Migrant Care Workers in the United States
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Quitting tends to be overlooked in studies of resistance and labor because of its individual and private character, its ineffectiveness in changing conditions of labor, and the difficulty of studying it, in favor of more organized and public protests and strikes.
Cati Coe
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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Not “Cut Out” For the Field: An Analysis of Women Navigating Gendered Boundaries in STEM Education
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender inequities in access and promotions in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and careers pose challenges for women to persist and excel in the field. However, limited scholarship examines how women's STEM pathways are shaped by informal and formal STEM education in the K–12 period.
Zora Haque +3 more
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Gendering Digitalization: Technology Change in Feminized Supermarket Work
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digitalization is re‐shaping the way work is organized, yet processes of digitalization have largely been examined in male‐dominated workplace contexts like manufacturing and logistics, often with little reference to gender dynamics. This paper explores how workers experience digitalization in the context of a female‐dominated occupation, that
Laura Good, Rae Cooper, Meraiah Foley
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Trajectories of Care: Tracing the Social Genesis of Men's Participation in Low Paid Care Work
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on a study involving 41 men employed as support workers in the Australia Health Care and Social Assistance (HCSA) sector, in this article we investigate where in their lives and how men turn to caring roles. Documenting continuities of men's caring practices in their work lives and private lives, we present a series of men's care ...
Riikka Prattes +2 more
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New Accelerants of Inequality Regimes: AI‐Hiring Tools and Algorithmic Bias
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT AI‐hiring technology is becoming increasingly widely adopted, raising important questions about what effect such technology may have on organizational inequality regimes. Although there is a large and growing body of literature surrounding the effects of AI hiring, its impacts, and bias, markedly less is known about who develops, sells, and ...
Emily Yarrow
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Breastfeeding Care in the US
Maternal and Child Health JournalAbstract Objectives This study examines the associations between race and ethnicity and receipt of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) key clinical practices that support breastfeeding in US hospitals. Methods National data from 2016 to 2019 CDC PRAMS were analyzed ...
Jane Lazar Tucker +5 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid Japan's internationalization efforts, foreign employees are positioned as global English‐speaking talent while simultaneously facing expectations to conform to Japanese linguacultural norms. This study examines how such tensions are negotiated through the narratives of two interns—one African American and one Vietnamese American—in ...
Hae Ree Jun
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