Through the Looking Glass: Can Title VII Help Women and Minorities to Shatter the Glass Ceiling

The employment patterns of “nontraditional” workers in the United States show two conflicting characteristics. On the one hand, researchers have observed a continuing increase in the rate of participation of nontraditional workers at multiple levels in the work force. For example, the proportion of women white collar workers increased from twenty-two percent in the late 1960s to forty-six percent in 1992. Similarly, the average job tenure for nontraditional workers has also increased. For example, although males in the thirty-five to forty-four year old age group have experienced a small decline in job tenure, women in the same group have seen increasing participation in the high tenure categories

Educating the United States Supreme Court at Summers\u27 School: A Lesson on the Special Character of the Animal

In this article, we explore the implications that Professor Summers\u27 insights regarding public employment have for the Garcetti and Davenport decisions. In particular, we focus on the extent to which the political nature of public employment affects public employees\u27 rights to freedom of speech as well as matters regarding the representational functions of public employee unions

Contracts Enlarging a Copyright Owner\u27s Rights: A Framework for Determining Unenforceability

This Comment provides a framework for evaluating the enforceability of contracts under the Copyright Act. First, two major approaches for finding contract terms to be unenforceable are presented. Federal preemption is evaluated as one means of invalidating contract terms that would otherwise be enforceable under state contract law. A public policy approach is suggested as an additional method for finding contract provisions to be unenforceable. Then, by using analogy with patent law where possible, the enforceability of certain contract provisions that extend or enlarge the rights given to the copyright owner by the Act are discussed

A New Look At Stigmatization In And Of Organizations

Although stigma has been studied extensively in psychology and sociology, there has been little research on stigmatization in organizational settings. This special topic forum, which includes four articles, builds on previous social science research and expands its coverage both to individuals within organizations and to organizations themselves. As we note here, these four articles provide an opportunity to examine not only the harm caused by stigma but its potential benefits as well. Copyright of the Academy of Management, all rights reserved

Exposing pay secrecy.

Pay secrecy is a contentious issue in many organizations and a controversial one in our society. However, there has been little scholarly research on this topic. We hope to address this void by exposing the complexity of pay secrecy as a construct. What are its costs and benefits? What factors affect the link between pay secrecy and the extent to which it is a cost or benefit? This article reveals the complexity of pay secrecy and, we hope, generates ideas for much new research in the broad management field