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Winner, 2022 Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship, given
by the American Sociological Association's Section on
Organizations, Occupations, and Work Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in
the Business, Finance & Management Category A behind-the-scenes
examination of Asian Americans in the workplace In the classroom,
Asian Americans, often singled out as so-called "model minorities,"
are expected to be top of the class. Often they are, getting
straight As and gaining admission to elite colleges and
universities. But the corporate world is a different story. As
Margaret M. Chin reveals in this important new book, many Asian
Americans get stuck on the corporate ladder, never reaching the
top. In Stuck, Chin shows that there is a "bamboo ceiling" in the
workplace, describing a corporate world where racial and ethnic
inequalities prevent upward mobility. Drawing on interviews with
second-generation Asian Americans, she examines why they fail to
advance as fast or as high as their colleagues, showing how they
lose out on leadership positions, executive roles, and entry to the
coveted boardroom suite over the course of their careers. An unfair
lack of trust from their coworkers, absence of role models,
sponsors and mentors, and for women, sexual harassment and
prejudice especially born at the intersection of race and gender
are only a few of the factors that hold Asian American
professionals back. Ultimately, Chin sheds light on the experiences
of Asian Americans in the workplace, providing insight into and a
framework of who is and isn't granted access into the upper
echelons of American society, and why.
How the power of peers and peer culture shapes individual behavior
and future success For decades, parents across America have asked
their kids, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”
The answer is, “Duh, yes.” Peers, as parents well know, have a
tremendous impact on who their kids are and what they will become.
And even while they insist otherwise, parents know that they’re
largely powerless to change this. But the effect of peers is not
just a story about kids; peers can also affect adult
behavior—they affect what we do and who we are well into old age.
Noted sociologists Syed Ali and Margaret M. Chin call this “the
peer effect.” In their book, they take readers on a tour of how
our peers, and the peer cultures they create, shape our behavior in
schools and the workplace. Ali and Chin begin their look at the
peer effect at the high school from which they both graduated: New
York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School, arguably the best
public high school in the nation. Through a fascinating and often
humorous narrative, they show how peers can influence each
other—in this case, how highly motivated students can create a
culture of influence to achieve success in learning and in
admission to elite colleges. They also show the many other ways
that peers can influence one another beyond school performance,
from hookup culture to school bullying and youth suicide. Ali and
Chin are also interested in the extent to which the peer effect can
last. Through interviews with adult graduates of Stuyvesant, they
investigate the long-lasting effects of high school peer culture.
They also examine the peer effect in post–high school settings,
notably around workplace misconduct, including the steroid culture
in baseball and the use of excessive force by the police. The Peer
Effect ultimately offers ways to understand the power of peer
influence and apply this understanding to resolving issues
regarding schools, college graduation rates, workplace culture, and
police violence. In the tradition of big idea books like The
Tipping Point, The Peer Effect will forever change the way we look
at the world of human behavior.
Many Latino and Chinese women who immigrated to New York City over
the past several decades found work in the garment industry-an
industry well known for both hiring immigrants and its harsh
working conditions. In the 1990s, the garment industry was one of
the largest immigrant employers in New York City and workers in
Chinese- and Korean-owned factories produced 70 percent of all
manufactured clothing in New York City. Based on extensive
interviews with workers and employers, Margaret M. Chin offers a
detailed and complex portrait of the work lives of Chinese and
Latino garment workers. Chin, whose mother and aunts worked in
Chinatown's garment industry, also explores how immigration status,
family circumstances, ethnic relations, and gender affect the
garment industry workplace. In turn, she analyzes how these factors
affect whom employers hire and what wages and benefits are given to
the employees. Chin's study contrasts the working conditions and
hiring practices of Korean- and Chinese-owned factories. Her
comparison of the two practices illuminates how ethnic ties both
improve and hinder opportunities for immigrants. While both sectors
take advantage of workers and are characterized by low wages and
lax enforcement of safety regulations-there are crucial
differences. In the Chinese sector, owners encourage employees,
almost entirely female, to recruit new workers, especially friends
and family. Though Chinese workers tend to be documented and
unionized, this work arrangement allows owners to maintain a more
paternalistic relationship with their employees. Gender also plays
a major role in channeling women into the garment industry, as
Chinese immigrants, particularly those with children, tend to
maintain traditional gender roles in the workplace. Korean-owned
shops, however, hire mostly undocumented Mexican and Ecuadorian
workers, both male and female. These workers tend not to have
children and are thus less tied to traditional gender roles. Unlike
their Chinese counterparts, Korean employers hire workers on their
own terms and would rather not allow current employees to influence
their decisions. Chin's work also provides an overview of the
history of the garment industry, examines immigration strategies,
and concludes with a discussion of changes in the industry in the
aftermath of 9/11.
Winner, 2022 Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship, given
by the American Sociological Association's Section on
Organizations, Occupations, and Work Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in
the Business, Finance & Management Category A behind-the-scenes
examination of Asian Americans in the workplace In the classroom,
Asian Americans, often singled out as so-called "model minorities,"
are expected to be top of the class. Often they are, getting
straight As and gaining admission to elite colleges and
universities. But the corporate world is a different story. As
Margaret M. Chin reveals in this important new book, many Asian
Americans get stuck on the corporate ladder, never reaching the
top. In Stuck, Chin shows that there is a "bamboo ceiling" in the
workplace, describing a corporate world where racial and ethnic
inequalities prevent upward mobility. Drawing on interviews with
second-generation Asian Americans, she examines why they fail to
advance as fast or as high as their colleagues, showing how they
lose out on leadership positions, executive roles, and entry to the
coveted boardroom suite over the course of their careers. An unfair
lack of trust from their coworkers, absence of role models,
sponsors and mentors, and for women, sexual harassment and
prejudice especially born at the intersection of race and gender
are only a few of the factors that hold Asian American
professionals back. Ultimately, Chin sheds light on the experiences
of Asian Americans in the workplace, providing insight into and a
framework of who is and isn't granted access into the upper
echelons of American society, and why.
To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has
focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor
markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies
such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment
industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to
work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of
these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported
for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex
dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic
uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of
citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities,
wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee,
Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, Hector R.
Cordero-Guzman, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonzalez,
Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung,
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Maria de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang,
George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Munoz, Bandana
Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle Tellez, and Maura
Toro-Morn.
To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has
focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor
markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies
such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment
industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to
work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of
these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported
for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex
dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic
uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of
citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities,
wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee,
Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, Hector R.
Cordero-Guzman, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonzalez,
Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung,
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Maria de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang,
George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Munoz, Bandana
Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle Tellez, and Maura
Toro-Morn.
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