Links between family social background, teenage career aspirations, educational
performance and adult social status attainment are well documented. Using a contextual …

In this paper we examine the associations between gender, family background, general
cognitive ability (g), teenage career aspirations, and career attainment in mid adulthood …

Class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science,
but also a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public …

The pay gap between white British workers and other ethnic groups is largely in favour of
whites, which suggests that discrimination might be a factor. However, discrimination can …

Precarious work and gender is a relatively underexplored topic. Understanding why women
are disproportionately affected by precarious work is an integral part of the overall …

Purpose Given evidence that gender role attitudes (GRAs) and actual gender roles impact
on well-being, we examine associations between GRAs, three roles (marital status …

Based on a sample of British dual earner families with young children drawn from the
National Diet and Nutrition Survey, the paper examines their food practices, in particular the …

The authentic voices of sixty successful women, identify the challenges that they have faced
in their careers and the ways in which they have overcome them. These include a male work …

This article examines the effects of discrimination based on race, ethnic background,
nationality, religion, sex, age, disability and sexual orientation on skill underutilization and …

This study draws on ambivalent sexism theory to explore the role of benevolent and hostile
gender attitudes in determining perceptions of individuals who comply with traditional …