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Publication date: 1 October 2006

Mary Gatta

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 25 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 15 February 2008

Mary Gatta and Kevin P. McCabe

The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on “the ‘new’ policy partnership”.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on “the ‘new’ policy partnership”.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper highlights the significance of policy‐academic partnerships and outlines the papers included in this issue.

Findings

It is important to form and maintain partnerships and collaborations with new nontraditional stakeholders. One place where this is evident is in academia.

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The special issue includes original articles that address innovative ways in which researchers and policy makers can collaborate to move policy agendas forward.

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 27 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 1 April 2004

Mary L. Gatta and Patricia A. Roos

This paper presents qualitative data from a gender equity study at a Carnegie I research institution. In this paper we draw on interview data to explore the ways that our sample…

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This paper presents qualitative data from a gender equity study at a Carnegie I research institution. In this paper we draw on interview data to explore the ways that our sample of senior women and men dealt with family‐work conflicts at different points in their careers. We offer stories of women (and a few men), who struggled with family‐work conflicts, and we provide these in their own voices. After first presenting our findings we demonstrate how they can be used to develop strategies to address family‐work conflicts and evaluate current programs. We first explore how women and men defined the problem of family‐work integration. We then review some of the main coping strategies they used at different points in their careers, and then explore the consequences that women experienced as a result of the university’s lack of support. We conclude by pointing to areas where in stitutionally supported programs and policies may be effective in addressing the balance between family and work.

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 23 no. 3/4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 27 March 2009

Mary Gatta

The purpose of this paper is to present a next step in Greta Foff Paules' groundbreaking analysis of control‐resistance in service work by exploring the work practices of…

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The purpose of this paper is to present a next step in Greta Foff Paules' groundbreaking analysis of control‐resistance in service work by exploring the work practices of restaurant servers in regard to ways they resist and reshape the tipping system that structures their work life. Specifically, the author explores how workers will attempt to manipulate the system to elicit higher tips from customers and when servers forgo an economic tip, so that they can exercise dignity and self‐respect. Central to this analysis is to highlight the space in between Paules' notions of “getting” and “making” a tip. In this space, servers can exercise resistance and still acknowledge the humanness of the customer.

Design/methodology/approach

The research methodology is participant observation and interviews.

Findings

Restaurant servers see their ability to manipulate the tipping system as routes to exercising agency and resistance in work interactions. Moreover, servers see their ability to earn tips (and even forgo tips) by both capitalizing on the organizational structures and capitalizing on the customers' human nature.

Research limitations/implications

The research focuses on servers broadly, and not on distinctions within groups of servers (i.e. sex differences, age differences or restaurant types).

Originality/value

This paper furthers the understanding of the tipping practice, which is historically viewed in terms of status inequality and control. In contrast, the author highlight how workers in practice, are able to use the tipping system to resist customer and manager demands, assert their creativity, agency, and self‐dignity, and still treat the customer as a social being.

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Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, vol. 6 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1176-6093

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Publication date: 1 August 2006

Virginia Doellgast

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 25 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 1 October 2006

Mary Gatta

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 25 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 15 February 2008

Teresa M. Boyer

The purpose of this interview is to gain insight from the career of policy‐maker and researcher, Jane Oates, on the collaborations between academia and government to effect social…

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Purpose

The purpose of this interview is to gain insight from the career of policy‐maker and researcher, Jane Oates, on the collaborations between academia and government to effect social change.

Design/methodology/approach

This article is based on an interview with Jane Oates conducted in May of 2007.

Findings

Based on her experiences, she states that social change requires a three‐way partnership between academia, government, and the people they serve. She makes specific recommendations for the ways these groups can find a common language to reach their shared goals.

Originality/value

This account provides the unique perspective of a professional who has spent years in both academia and policy‐making.

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 27 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 2 July 2010

Mary Gatta

Purpose – In this chapter I unpack the public workforce system, with a gender lens, to detail and assess its ability to provide job training and education to single mothers. Based…

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Purpose – In this chapter I unpack the public workforce system, with a gender lens, to detail and assess its ability to provide job training and education to single mothers. Based on that analysis, I suggest strategies to develop job training policy that attends to the needs of single, working, poor mothers, and can help provide them with the education and skills training to raise themselves and their families out of poverty.

Methodology – Analytical review of existing policy and research.

Findings – With 1996 welfare reform, the United States “reformed” welfare policy so that recipients would be immediately attached to the labor market, and have a specified lifetime limit to receive public assistance. As a result, millions of single mothers are now working, but still poor. A companion piece of legislation to welfare, and what is the country's federal employment and training legislation – the Workforce Investment Act – does not provide single mothers with the human capital skills to escape poverty. The United States need a job training policy that actually does provide single mothers with routes out of low-wage work and includes attention to gender in constructing and implementing that policy.

Practical implications – The chapter provides recommendations to craft workforce policy in ways that will help women attain education and training in ways that acknowledge the complexity and structural constrains in their lives.

Value of chapter – The chapter presents a new vision for workforce development policy that takes into account gender and women's lived experiences.

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Interactions and Intersections of Gendered Bodies at Work, at Home, and at Play
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-84950-944-2

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Publication date: 1 October 2006

Jillian M. Duquaine‐Watson

This case study examines the ways in which single mother college students experience the digital divide. It begins by identifying the primary challenges they face as they pursue a…

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Purpose

This case study examines the ways in which single mother college students experience the digital divide. It begins by identifying the primary challenges they face as they pursue a postsecondary degree in post‐welfare reform America. It also demonstrates how one program, computer access promoting retention and achievement (CAPRA), has helped bridge the digital divide for this particular student population.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were drawn from a 2‐year ethnographic study that sought to examine the experiences of single mother college students in post‐welfare reform America. Research methods included in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews as well as participant observation.

Findings

Single mother college students identified four primary challenges they encounter as they pursue a college degree: time constraints, child care, economics, and institutional climate. These challenges intersect with one another in ways that hinder single mother students’ access to the computing technologies that are central to their academic success. The CAPRA program has attempted to bridge the digital divide for this particular student population by developing a program that makes computers for long‐term loan. The development of the CAPRA program is discussed as well as its strengths and limitations.

Originality/value

This case study attends to the experiences of an understudied population: single mother college students. It demonstrates the importance of attending to the social context when examining the digital divide. Only in doing so can we hope to bridge that divide in ways which are meaningful and appropriate to diverse populations.

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 25 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 2 July 2010

Marcia Texler Segal

Purpose and approach – This chapter by the editor introduces the authors, concepts, and themes that feature most prominently in the volume and relates the contributions to one…

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Purpose and approach – This chapter by the editor introduces the authors, concepts, and themes that feature most prominently in the volume and relates the contributions to one another and the current state of gender research.

Research implications – The chapter demonstrates how the principles, processes, and concepts of feminist research are currently being applied in a wide range of macro and micro social settings to advance gender research in directions that have implications for social policy and change.

Value of the chapter – This chapter serves to guide the reader through the volume calling attention to key findings and methodological issues.

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Interactions and Intersections of Gendered Bodies at Work, at Home, and at Play
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-84950-944-2

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