Ellen R Auster
Biographic Data
| ID | 260371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen R Auster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Auster |
| SIGNATURE | AUSTER E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reflexive dis/embedding
Reflexivity is required for institutional work, yet we know very little about the mechanisms for generating such understandings of the social world. We explore this gap through a case study of an interstitial event that aims to create a community of 'change-makers'. The findings suggest that such events can generate reflexive dis/embedding through two complementary mechanisms. Specifically, personal narratives of injustice and action and individu…
Why Do Women Still Not Make It to the Top? Dominant Organizational Ideologies and Biases by Promotion Committees Limit Opportunities to Destination Positions
Professional women's mid‐career satisfaction
Purpose The dynamics of professional women's mid‐career satisfaction are important to understand, given the vast knowledge, experience and skills typically accrued by mid‐career that are often difficult to replace. Design/methodology/approach This study empirically examines Auster's multilevel framework of factors affecting the mid‐career satisfaction of professional women using a sample of 125 professional women engineers. Findings Results of lo…
Professional Women's Midcareer Satisfaction
Women in Small Business
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Owner and Organizational Characteristics of Black-and White-Owned Businesses
Owner and organizational characteristics of 94 Black-owned businesses and 385 White-owned businesses in Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C, are examined. Black business owners had fewer years of education and less business experience than their White counterparts. Black businesses were also smaller, more labor intensive, located in poorer neighborhoods, less likely to have insurance, visited by fewer customers per day, more likely to rent their…
Sex Inequality at Higher Levels in the Hierarchy
The relationship of sex-based wage inequality to level in the hierarchy is investigated for 2,631 employees of a large financial services organization. As hypothesized, men earned more than women overall, and the wage gap between men and women was greater at higher levels in the hierarchy than at lower levels in the hierarchy. The effects of performance ratings on salary also differed by level. At higher levels, the impact of each increase in per…
Organizational Strategy and Change
Second Thoughts on Work
This.book examines the forces which,are changing work in the 1980s and offers a concise analysis of the challenges for social policy which lie ahead. The first of nine chapters looks at changes affecting Americans' concept of work, including expectations, commitment to woxk; satisfaction, and work reform. Discussion in chapter 2 focuses on develoPment of historical views toward work. Chapter 3 looks at these topiCS affecting the survival and stre…
Reflexive dis/embedding
Reflexivity is required for institutional work, yet we know very little about the mechanisms for generating such understandings of the social world. We explore this gap through a case study of an interstitial event that aims to create a community of 'change-makers'. The findings suggest that such events can generate reflexive dis/embedding through two complementary mechanisms. Specifically, personal narratives of injustice and action and individu…
Why Do Women Still Not Make It to the Top? Dominant Organizational Ideologies and Biases by Promotion Committees Limit Opportunities to Destination Positions
Professional Women's Midcareer Satisfaction
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Sex Inequality at Higher Levels in the Hierarchy
The relationship of sex-based wage inequality to level in the hierarchy is investigated for 2,631 employees of a large financial services organization. As hypothesized, men earned more than women overall, and the wage gap between men and women was greater at higher levels in the hierarchy than at lower levels in the hierarchy. The effects of performance ratings on salary also differed by level. At higher levels, the impact of each increase in per…
Owner and Organizational Characteristics of Black-and White-Owned Businesses
Owner and organizational characteristics of 94 Black-owned businesses and 385 White-owned businesses in Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C, are examined. Black business owners had fewer years of education and less business experience than their White counterparts. Black businesses were also smaller, more labor intensive, located in poorer neighborhoods, less likely to have insurance, visited by fewer customers per day, more likely to rent their…
Second Thoughts on Work
This.book examines the forces which,are changing work in the 1980s and offers a concise analysis of the challenges for social policy which lie ahead. The first of nine chapters looks at changes affecting Americans' concept of work, including expectations, commitment to woxk; satisfaction, and work reform. Discussion in chapter 2 focuses on develoPment of historical views toward work. Chapter 3 looks at these topiCS affecting the survival and stre…
Organizational Strategy and Change
Women in Small Business
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Owner and Organizational Characteristics of Black-and White-Owned Businesses
Owner and organizational characteristics of 94 Black-owned businesses and 385 White-owned businesses in Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C, are examined. Black business owners had fewer years of education and less business experience than their White counterparts. Black businesses were also smaller, more labor intensive, located in poorer neighborhoods, less likely to have insurance, visited by fewer customers per day, more likely to rent their…
Sex Inequality at Higher Levels in the Hierarchy
The relationship of sex-based wage inequality to level in the hierarchy is investigated for 2,631 employees of a large financial services organization. As hypothesized, men earned more than women overall, and the wage gap between men and women was greater at higher levels in the hierarchy than at lower levels in the hierarchy. The effects of performance ratings on salary also differed by level. At higher levels, the impact of each increase in per…
Professional Women's Midcareer Satisfaction
Professional women's mid‐career satisfaction
Purpose The dynamics of professional women's mid‐career satisfaction are important to understand, given the vast knowledge, experience and skills typically accrued by mid‐career that are often difficult to replace. Design/methodology/approach This study empirically examines Auster's multilevel framework of factors affecting the mid‐career satisfaction of professional women using a sample of 125 professional women engineers. Findings Results of lo…
Why Do Women Still Not Make It to the Top? Dominant Organizational Ideologies and Biases by Promotion Committees Limit Opportunities to Destination Positions
Reflexive dis/embedding
Reflexivity is required for institutional work, yet we know very little about the mechanisms for generating such understandings of the social world. We explore this gap through a case study of an interstitial event that aims to create a community of 'change-makers'. The findings suggest that such events can generate reflexive dis/embedding through two complementary mechanisms. Specifically, personal narratives of injustice and action and individu…
Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (2 works)