Equal Work, Unequal Careers : : African Americans in the Workforce / / Rochelle Parks-Yancy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Parks-Yancy, Rochelle,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Careers and Social Capital --; 2. Social Class, Education, and Finding Work --; 3. Surviving Layoffs --; 4. Race, Gender, and Accumulating Career (Dis)Advantages --; 5. Social Program Interventions --; 6. Strategies for Improving Access --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781935049722; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781935049722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rochelle Parks-Yancy.

Why do some people get ahead in the workplace, while others, equally qualified, fall behind? Rochelle Parks-Yancy uses the experience of African American workers across the US to reveal how the forces of inequality and social capital shape long-term occupational success. Parks-Yancy's mixed-methods approach probes the ways that people find jobs, lose jobs, and get promoted, illuminating the subtle nexus of race, social networks, and societal barriers that can make or break a career trajectory. Demonstrating how disadvantages can accumulate over time, she goes beyond affirmative action to outline how individual workers can seize the initiative in remedying labor market inequalities.