This thesis addresses issues of sex equality in the financial services sector in Britain and Turkey. incorporating a critique of the well-established theories of sex segregation in tht? labour force, the labour market and the organisation. The concepts of 'belonging' and 'otherness' are utilised to explain the problems of representation in the lahour force. Sex segregation in the lahour market is analysed using the occupational closure framework which elaborates gendered strategies of inclusion. exclusion. demarcation and dual closure. At the organisational level. the implications of different ideologies of sex equality will be studied. with a specific focus on transformational change ideology. The field study for this project was carried out with male and female stafT working in the financial sector in both countries. Two main types of data were collected: primwy data gathered through interviews and questionnaires. supplemented by field notes: and secondary data provided by the readily available published material such as international. national and organisational surveys, and company publications. The Turkish suryey generated 312 completed questionnaires and 21 taped interviews with staff employed in the sector. The British survey. which presented greater difficulties in secunng access. eventually yielded 50 completed questionnaires and 25 taped interviews. The analysis of the findings revealed certain cross-cultural differences in the gendered norms of "belonging' and 'otherness'. in the gendered strategies of occupational closure and in organisational approaches to redressing issues of sex equality. However. despite these differences. common patterns of disadvantage based on gender were apparent for staff working in the financial services sector in both societies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:299567 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Ozbilgin, Mustafa Fatih |
| Publisher | University of Bristol |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://hdl.handle.net/1983/9dfb273b-42ad-4fc2-a1c9-bb046df12885 |
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