Sexual Orientation, Workplace Authority and Occupational Segregation: Evidence from Germany
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam, Bielefeld University, Germany |
| ANO | 2024 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Work, Employment and Society |
| ISSN | 0950-0170 |
| E-ISSN | 1469-8722 |
| EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170231158513 |
| CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
An extensive body of research has documented the relationship between sexual orientation and income, but only a few studies have examined the effects of sexual orientation on workplace authority. This article investigates the probability of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people having (high-level) workplace authority and the effects of occupational gender segregation. It analyses four waves of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study (N=37,288 heterosexual and N=739 LGB observations). The results show that gay and bisexual men do not differ from heterosexual men in their probability of having workplace authority, but they have a lower probability of attaining high-level authority. Lesbian and bisexual women have a higher probability than heterosexual women of having workplace authority, but no advantages in attaining high-level authority. These insights into occupational segregation suggest that gay and bisexual men experience similar levels of disadvantages across occupations, whereas lesbian and bisexual women have an advantage in female-dominated occupations.