Annotated Bibliography Draft 1

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Acker, Joan. "Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations." Gender & Society 4, 
     no. 2 (June 1990): 139-58.

The author was giving her opinion on how the hierarchy of jobs (i.e. women not being equally represented in high-powered positions) is not gender neutral, but manipulated to give an advantage to males.  Her primary audience are people who are curious as to why men dominate influential jobs.  The organizational systems innately favors men over women.  Some major observations are that the organizational structure is partial toward men because they are seen as dominant over women, and, therefore, deserve to have higher positions.  I see myself using this to argue that the system of promotions is not gender neutral, but, unfortunately, skewed to benefit men.

Egan, Matt. "Still missing: Female business leaders." CNN Money. 

The article was written to detail the lack of representation by women in executive positions.  The audience are those who are interested in both why women are underrepresented and to show that change is coming, albeit slowly.  There are too few women in important positions, but there is hope, especially if legalization helping women was enacted.  There were statistics showcasing the unfortunate reality that women only make up 14% of top executives.  However, change is coming and the number of women receiving promotions is increasing.  I would use this to highlight the low number of women in executive offices, but to also show how progress is being made.

Gray, Michael. " The ‘Lean In’ debate: Women in tech speak out." SF Gate.

This article shows how technology companies in the San Francisco area feel about women not receiving high-powered positions.  The primary audience are people interested in the technology field, one of the largest up and coming fields, stance on women in the work force.  The goal of a lot of technology companies is to make it so that CEO, CFO, or COO women are not a deviation, but rather a standard in the hiring process.  Three people involved in the technology field were interviewed and their opinions were expressed in the article.  The article allows me to see how people personally feel about the men-biases organizational structure.  I see myself using quotes from this blog to show how individuals feel about the issue.

Kristof, Nicholas, Twitter post, January 29, 2013, 12:23 p.m.

The tweet is sparking a debate on the controversy of why women are a minority represented in executive offices.  The primary audience are people curious whether it is a social issue or women individually that is the root of the problem.  It details the opinion of Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, as to why women just are not holding the same position as men.  It is important to open opportunities for women to have high level jobs and for everyone to encourage them.  I see myself using Sandberg's direct quotes, but also using Kristof's philosophy of supporting women's quest for power.

Oakley, Judith G. Gender-based Barriers to Senior Management Positions: Understanding the 
     Scarcity of Female CEOs. Vol. 27. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

This article attempts to understand the stereotypes that persist and hold women back from their true potential.  The audience are scholarly people interested in what the gender barriers are that refuse to acknowledge women as equal to men in the work force.  There are obstacles in place that are holding women back from executive offices, even though they are gaining substantial ground in middle management positions.  Women are underrepresented, and that is caused by both society and women pursuing other opportunities.  

Parker, Kim, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, and Wendy Wang. "Women and Leadership." Pew Research 
     Center.

The articles showed readers  the specific barriers holding women back from reaching their potential.  The audience are people curious as to what the specific obstacles women must overcome or cause themselves.  Society does not view women the same way as men; therefore, women are held at different standards than men, which makes it harder for them to have executive jobs.  Multiple surveys were conducted to find why women are not found in equal numbers in high powered jobs.  There are numerous things women need to conquer in order to be as successful as men.  I plan to cite the individual survey results to help back up my arguments.

Reflection:
Reading other people's annotations, I realized how important and useful annotations are.  I also figured out how important it is to have an uniformed, correctly done citation.  I was not able to find another peer who was using Chicago.  I did not think it was that unique because my major is business and it does not seem like anyone else has that same major.  Although, I did think that Chicago was a popular source.  I examined Laura Shoemake's blog, and she wrote in MLA and I also looked at Lekha Chesnick what did she use  I think it is important to cite the sources you use, but I do not understand why there are so many different formats.  Every discipline is getting information from the same sources, like journals and books; although scientist might cite something from lab, so they would need their own citation for that.  I think for the major source types, like book and journal, everyone should use the same format.