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Sociology

University of New Hampshire

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2014

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Gender Composition And Salary Gaps In Association Of Research Libraries (Arl) Institutions, Eleta Exline Jan 2014

Gender Composition And Salary Gaps In Association Of Research Libraries (Arl) Institutions, Eleta Exline

Master's Theses and Capstones

While the presence of information technology (IT) work is ubiquitous in libraries, an increase in the number of male-dominated IT jobs has not increased the percentage of men (37%) working in female-dominated research libraries. Instead, the introduction of IT work may have resulted in a reorganization of librarians into gendered areas of specialization, changing the nature and degree of gender segregation within the occupation and potentially widening the overall pay gap between male and female librarians. Using data from the ARL Salary Survey, gender compositions and salary gaps of library positions between 1985 and 2010 were compared. Twelve of 17 …


Unequal Pay: The Role Of Gender, Kathleen M. Gillespie Jan 2014

Unequal Pay: The Role Of Gender, Kathleen M. Gillespie

Honors Theses and Capstones

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