PSY 150 Gender in the Workplace (3 credits)

While women’s participation in the workplace has grown both in terms of numbers and areas over the past 35 years, longstanding issues regarding gender still pervade the labor landscape. This course will approach workplace issues involving gender from both a psychological and management perspective. Specific issues discussed will include gender and leadership (for example, why there aren’t more women at the top), occupational segregation of the workforce (blue-collar versus pink- collar jobs), effect of gender on manager-subordinate relationships (for example, why many women prefer to work for a man), gender and sexual harassment in the workplace, and balancing work and family responsibilities. (First-year seminar course; Diversity course.)