Affiliation:
1. Erin A. Cech is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. William R. Rothwell is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan
Abstract
How do lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees fare in US workplaces? Beyond formal discrimination, do LGBT workers encounter biases that degrade the quality of their day-to-day workplace experiences? Using a representative sample of more than 300,000 employees in 28 “best case” organizations—federal agencies with LGBT-inclusive policies—the authors examine not only whether these informal workplace inequalities occur but also where and for whom they are most exaggerated. LGBT employees report worse workplace experiences than their colleagues across 16 measures of employee treatment, workplace fairness, and job satisfaction. These inequalities are amplified or tempered by organizational contexts and can even affect turnover intentions. They are also intersectional: LGBT women and people of color have consistently more negative experiences than do men and white LGBT workers. These results help map the landscape of LGBT workplace inequality and underscore the importance of considering intersectional and organizational contexts therein.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management
Reference88 articles.
1. Albelda Randy, Lee Badgett M. V., Schneebaum Alyssa, Gates Gary J. 2009. Poverty in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community. Report. The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. Los Angeles, CA.
2. The shifting landscape of LGBT organizational research
3. Workplace bullying, perceived job stressors, and psychological distress: Gender and race differences in the stress process
Cited by
66 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献