Social class and workplace harassment during the transition to adulthood

McLaughlin, Heather; Uggen, Christopher; Blackstone, Amy

doi:10.1002/cd.211

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“…Harassment does not end when workers enter white collar professions (see, e.g., Gardner 2009;McLaughlin, Uggen, and Blackstone 2012;Pierce 1996;Vukovich 1996). At the same time, Angela's remarks echo findings from prior research that economically vulnerable individuals are more likely to become targets of harassment (McLaughlin et al 2008;Uggen and Blackstone 2004), and they highlight that younger, less experienced workers may be more vulnerable.…”

Section: Looking Ahead: New Images Of Self As Worker and Of Workplacementioning

confidence: 70%

“…Nevertheless, age appears to operate together with gender to shape experiences across diverse school and work settings (AAUW 2001;Connell 2000;McLaughlin, Uggen, and Blackstone 2008;Uggen and Blackstone 2004). What we know about young workers and sexual harassment comes primarily from three recent studies using quantitative survey data (Fineran 2002;Sears et al 2011;Uggen and Blackstone 2004; see also Fineran and Gruber 2009).…”

Section: Sexuality Age and Power In The Workplacementioning

confidence: 95%

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“I Didn't Recognize It as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older”: Age, Experience, and Workers’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

Blackstone

Houle

Uggen

2014

Sociological Spectrum

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Section: Looking Ahead: New Images Of Self As Worker and Of Workplacementioning

confidence: 70%

Section: Sexuality Age and Power In The Workplacementioning

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“I Didn't Recognize It as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older”: Age, Experience, and Workers’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

Blackstone

Houle

Uggen

2014

Sociological Spectrum

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Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Young Adulthood

McLoyd

Purtell

Hardaway

2015

Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science

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This chapter examines how social class, race, and ethnicity shape the transition to adulthood, drawing heavily on life course theory, developmental contextualism, and the concepts of risk, resilience, and social capital as analytic anchors. Four domains of functioning are discussed—conceptions of adulthood, mental health, paid employment, and educational attainment. Emphasis is given to studies that illuminate processes that link social location to the development of youth (mediational processes) and studies that examine sources of variation in developmental pathways among economically disadvantaged and ethnic minority youth, with special attention to the positive end of the risk dimension (i.e., promotive factors). We also highlight protective factors, that is, factors and processes that mitigate the negative effects of economic advantage and ethnic minority status on the functioning of youth during the transition to adulthood. Each major section of the chapter concludes with a summary and discussion of questions and issues that merit study in future research. The chapter emphasizes research based on U.S. samples, but incorporates research findings from youth in Canada and Western European countries.

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Harassment of Older Adults in the Workplace

Blackstone

2012

Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers

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This chapter reviews research on harassment of older adults in the workplace and highlights results from my recent study of harassment of older workers in Maine. I suggest that the power that older people hold at work, at home, and in their communities shapes their workplace harassment experiences. Based on a survey of nearly 200 Maine workers aged 62 and above, four questions framed the study: (1) What is the contentof older workers' harassment experiences?; (2) Which older workers are most likely to become targetsof workplace harassment?; (3) How do older workers respondto potentially harassing behaviors?; and (4) What do older workers have to say about their workplace experiences? I find that workplace isolation is one of the most common harassment experiences among older workers, that gender differences are less prominent than anticipated, and that many older workers remain silent about their harassment experiences. I conclude by considering what these findings suggest about improving older people's workplace experiences.

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Social class and workplace harassment during the transition to adulthood

Cited by 4 publications

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“I Didn't Recognize It as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older”: Age, Experience, and Workers’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

“I Didn't Recognize It as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older”: Age, Experience, and Workers’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Young Adulthood

Harassment of Older Adults in the Workplace

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