Johanna Shih
Biographic Data
| ID | 76236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johanna Shih |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Shih |
| SIGNATURE | SHIH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hofstra University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America
Emphasizing Cultural Competence in Evaluation: A Process-Oriented Approach
This paper describes a process-oriented approach to culturally competent evaluation, focusing on a case study of an evaluation of an HIV/AIDS educational program in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. We suggest that cultural competency in evaluation is not a function of a static set of prescribed steps but is achieved via ongoing reflection, correction, and adaptation. The aim of these processes is to attain the ``best fit'' possible between evaluation goals, m…
Circumventing Discrimination: Gender and Ethnic Strategies in Silicon Valley
This article compares the experiences of U.S.-born white women, Asian men, and Asian women immigrant engineers in Silicon Valley. It focuses on two particular characteristics of the region's economic structure: the norm of job-hopping and the centrality of networks to high-skilled workers' career livelihoods. While these characteristics might be assumed to exacerbate ethnic and gender inequality, the specific history of these groups' entrance int…
Project Time in Silicon Valley
Yeah, I could hire this one, but I know it's gonna be a problem: How Race, Nativity and Gender Affect Employers' Perceptions of the Manageability of Job Seekers
This article investigates Los Angeles employers' attitudes towards African American and immigrant Latino low-skill workers. Using 145 in-depth interviews of employers in four industries, I find that a central concern of employers of low-skill jobs is control at the workplace, and employers consequently seek workers whom they perceive as manageable and pliable. As such, the most salient component of employers' attitudes towards African American an…
Yeah, I could hire this one, but I know it's gonna be a problem: How Race, Nativity and Gender Affect Employers' Perceptions of the Manageability of Job Seekers
This article investigates Los Angeles employers' attitudes towards African American and immigrant Latino low-skill workers. Using 145 in-depth interviews of employers in four industries, I find that a central concern of employers of low-skill jobs is control at the workplace, and employers consequently seek workers whom they perceive as manageable and pliable. As such, the most salient component of employers' attitudes towards African American an…
Circumventing Discrimination: Gender and Ethnic Strategies in Silicon Valley
This article compares the experiences of U.S.-born white women, Asian men, and Asian women immigrant engineers in Silicon Valley. It focuses on two particular characteristics of the region's economic structure: the norm of job-hopping and the centrality of networks to high-skilled workers' career livelihoods. While these characteristics might be assumed to exacerbate ethnic and gender inequality, the specific history of these groups' entrance int…
Project Time in Silicon Valley
The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America
Emphasizing Cultural Competence in Evaluation: A Process-Oriented Approach
This paper describes a process-oriented approach to culturally competent evaluation, focusing on a case study of an evaluation of an HIV/AIDS educational program in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. We suggest that cultural competency in evaluation is not a function of a static set of prescribed steps but is achieved via ongoing reflection, correction, and adaptation. The aim of these processes is to attain the ``best fit'' possible between evaluation goals, m…
Yeah, I could hire this one, but I know it's gonna be a problem: How Race, Nativity and Gender Affect Employers' Perceptions of the Manageability of Job Seekers
This article investigates Los Angeles employers' attitudes towards African American and immigrant Latino low-skill workers. Using 145 in-depth interviews of employers in four industries, I find that a central concern of employers of low-skill jobs is control at the workplace, and employers consequently seek workers whom they perceive as manageable and pliable. As such, the most salient component of employers' attitudes towards African American an…
Project Time in Silicon Valley
Circumventing Discrimination: Gender and Ethnic Strategies in Silicon Valley
This article compares the experiences of U.S.-born white women, Asian men, and Asian women immigrant engineers in Silicon Valley. It focuses on two particular characteristics of the region's economic structure: the norm of job-hopping and the centrality of networks to high-skilled workers' career livelihoods. While these characteristics might be assumed to exacerbate ethnic and gender inequality, the specific history of these groups' entrance int…
Emphasizing Cultural Competence in Evaluation: A Process-Oriented Approach
This paper describes a process-oriented approach to culturally competent evaluation, focusing on a case study of an evaluation of an HIV/AIDS educational program in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. We suggest that cultural competency in evaluation is not a function of a static set of prescribed steps but is achieved via ongoing reflection, correction, and adaptation. The aim of these processes is to attain the ``best fit'' possible between evaluation goals, m…
The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America
Political science (5 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Entrepreneurship (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)