The Good
Worker: Race and Gender in a 1970s Southern City is an article
written by Shirley Harkess and Carol Warren that talks about how
employers base their requirements on hiring an employee, mainly
based on race and gender. Most of the employers hired white males
because back then they were the ideal workers for the hard jobs.
Although, some did hire black males because for some, they were
considered stronger and better for the though jobs. It all depended
on the employer's way of thinking who should be put into what
specific job.
Harkess and Warren wanted to research how employers hire
people to be their employees, they were mainly "concerned with the
gender and racial dimensions of the 'good worker' in a 1970s
Southern city." (Harkess & Warren, 1994, pg. 269) The way this
research went is they personally interviewed 25 employers and
recorded 21 of them, 13 from large manufacturing plants and 12 from
small ones. They "examine[d] employers' images of the good worker
through hiring decisions in the context of
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They asked
thorough questions about specific topics in hiring people, but more
specifically about what a good worker is and means to that
employer. They organized their research into different topics like
the methods and hiring practices the employers used. A special
topic, and even the main topic, was about "The Good Worker."
(Harkess & Warren, 1994, pg. 276) It was broken apart with
subtitles "The Known Worker," "
Race" and
"Gender." (Harkess & Warren, 1994, pg. 278, 280 and 282) Then
they later on went to discuss these topics even more in relation to
"local culture, personal characteristics, and the law." (Harkess
& Warren, 1994, pg. 287) The way they explained everything in
much detail and connected it to the main topic was the biggest
strength in this
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