Compare and contrast human capital theory and gendered organizations theory, making sure to (1) define the key concepts and arguments of each theory, (2) identify the level of analysis for each perspective (individual, interactional, institution), and (3) explain how each of them accounts for sex segregation in the workplace.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Human capital, an individual-level theory from the economic perspective, looks at the
skills that affect worker’s productivity such as education, job training, and job tenure. As a rational
choice theory, human capital theory would explain that men and women make different human capital
investments. Women who want to have a family may choose an occupation such as teaching that
allows them to increase their capital while still being able to take the role of wife and mother.
Gendered organizations, also an individual-level theory, suggest that organizations are not only gendered, they have tendencies towards discrimination. The family wage is an example of a gendered
nature of organization that appears to be normal.
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