Thursday, September 3, 2015

Evaluation of Scholarly Sources

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     Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies is a biased writing that argues that the job market is not gender neutral, but actually skewed in favor of men.  It was published in the book Gender and Society in Volume 4, Number 2.  It cites many references ranging from articles to court cases.  The author, Joan Acker, and her intended audience are interested people curious about why women are not being equally represented in the work force. I found it by searching Google Scholar and saw that it was cited by 4022 people, which means it was used as a source for many people.
    Gender-based Barriers to Senior Management Positions's purpose is to explain why women are having difficulty getting high-powered positions in businesses.  It was printed in the Journal of Business Ethics in the October 2000, Volume 27, Issue 4.  At the bottom of the article, there are many references to esteemed articles and journals.   Its intended argument is for people wanting to get a deeper understanding on why women are not receiving high-powered jobs.  I found it on Google Scholar as well and saw that it was cited by 591 people, so it was a well respected article in its field.

1 comment:

  1. The first article you mention, "Heirarchies, Jobs, Bodies," you call "biased." Arguing for a position is not the same thing as having a bias. Bias means "prejudiced" - meaning a position one takes in spite of evidence to the contrary, or before processing all the data. If the first article makes sweeping generalizations without supporting them, you might call it biased. But if it makes a careful argument with widely supporting evidence (as hopefully a scholarly work does), then it is not biased.

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