The Intersections of Gender with Age and Ethnicity in Hotel Careers: Still the Same Old Privileges?. Issue 4 (24th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mooney, Shelagh; Ryan, Irene; Harris, Candice
• Is Part Of: Gender work and organization. Volume 24:Issue 4(2017:Jul.)
• Page Start: 360
• Page End: 375
• Publication Date: 2017-01-24
• Subjects: intersectional approach -- career privileges and penalties -- age and careers -- gender and careers -- ethnicity and careers; Sex role in the work environment -- Periodicals; Sexual division of labor -- Periodicals; Sex discrimination in employment -- Periodicals; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.361505
• DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12169
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-6673

Abstract

Abstract : This article explains the value of an intersectional approach in sectoral research, using this lens to examine privilege and penalty in the female‐dominated hotel sector of New Zealand. Memory‐work and semi‐structured interviews explored the career experiences of long‐term hotel workers, highlighting the extent to which gender, intersecting with age, ethnicity and class, shape individual career choices. The key contribution of this article is to suggest that in hotels, as in other employment sectors, the apparent 'level playing field' at career‐entry point, where merit is presumed to regulate promotional opportunities, soon disappears as the workings of power and influence within the organizational context take hold: privileges and penalties intersect.