Joan M Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 203158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan M Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
For the Children: Accounting for Careers in Child Protective Services
This paper analyzes autobiographical essays from women who work as social service workers in child-protection agencies. Working long hours in relatively low-paying jobs, these women have limited prestige and autonomy and increasingly, come under close scrutiny and public criticism. They are clearly exploited in terms of the emotional and "mothering" labor they are expected to perform and are held personally accountable for daily decisions that co…
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
The Job Change: A Three-Part Process with Variations for Men and Women
There are three essential elements in the job-change process: 1) reasons for quitting the previous job; 2) unemployment between jobs; and 3) job search strategy in getting the present job. Of these three, job search has most often been the topic of prior sociological research. Using earnings as an indicator of job quality, I find that job-quit type is a more important factor than job-search type, and continuity of employment between jobs is a bet…
Mobility Potential and Job Satisfaction: Mixing Dispositional and Situational Explanations
Data from a dual employee-employer survey are used to investigate the extent to which employees' predictions of the mobility potential of their jobs affects their job satisfaction. Based on a match between the employee's and employer's assessments of the job's mobility potential, systematic variation by 'match' groupings was found. Males more often than females match their employers' assessments of their jobs as providing mobility potential, and …
Occupations and Class Consciousness in America
Behavioural observations on captive pairs of wild caught tamarins (Saguinus mystax)
Mobility Potential and Job Satisfaction: Mixing Dispositional and Situational Explanations
Data from a dual employee-employer survey are used to investigate the extent to which employees' predictions of the mobility potential of their jobs affects their job satisfaction. Based on a match between the employee's and employer's assessments of the job's mobility potential, systematic variation by 'match' groupings was found. Males more often than females match their employers' assessments of their jobs as providing mobility potential, and …
For the Children: Accounting for Careers in Child Protective Services
This paper analyzes autobiographical essays from women who work as social service workers in child-protection agencies. Working long hours in relatively low-paying jobs, these women have limited prestige and autonomy and increasingly, come under close scrutiny and public criticism. They are clearly exploited in terms of the emotional and "mothering" labor they are expected to perform and are held personally accountable for daily decisions that co…
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Behavioural observations on captive pairs of wild caught tamarins (Saguinus mystax)
Occupations and Class Consciousness in America
Mobility Potential and Job Satisfaction: Mixing Dispositional and Situational Explanations
Data from a dual employee-employer survey are used to investigate the extent to which employees' predictions of the mobility potential of their jobs affects their job satisfaction. Based on a match between the employee's and employer's assessments of the job's mobility potential, systematic variation by 'match' groupings was found. Males more often than females match their employers' assessments of their jobs as providing mobility potential, and …
The Job Change: A Three-Part Process with Variations for Men and Women
There are three essential elements in the job-change process: 1) reasons for quitting the previous job; 2) unemployment between jobs; and 3) job search strategy in getting the present job. Of these three, job search has most often been the topic of prior sociological research. Using earnings as an indicator of job quality, I find that job-quit type is a more important factor than job-search type, and continuity of employment between jobs is a bet…
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
For the Children: Accounting for Careers in Child Protective Services
This paper analyzes autobiographical essays from women who work as social service workers in child-protection agencies. Working long hours in relatively low-paying jobs, these women have limited prestige and autonomy and increasingly, come under close scrutiny and public criticism. They are clearly exploited in terms of the emotional and "mothering" labor they are expected to perform and are held personally accountable for daily decisions that co…
Psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Class (philosophy (2 works)