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... > social science subjects > business and management > sociology of work > sociology of work encyc > occupations and professions, labor processes, jobs, and careers > clerical work
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of work > sociology of work encyc > occupations and professions, labor processes, jobs, and careers > clerical work

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clerical work  

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  • For a century, clerical work has been the archetypal paid job for women in the United States. Initially dominated by men, clerical occupations quickly became among the most gender-segregated of all jobs, numerically dominated by women and discursively marked as “women's work.” Clerical work captures many of the major cultural, social, and economic changes of the past century: the shift to a service-based economy powered by huge corporations, the decline of unionized blue-collar jobs, rapid technological change, and the massive influx of women into paid work. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Clerical Work]

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