Doctoral Dissertation Research: Changes in Corporations' Worker Discrimination and Rights Policies

本论文将利用制度理论和社会运动理论来解释公司性别歧视和权利政策的变化。 该项目采用了多方法的方法，混合了对财富1000强公司的调查数据，对人力资源总监和同性恋权利活动家的深入采访，以及少量的案例研究。 该研究将探讨社会政治环境对组织决策的影响，行业和企业特征对此类决策的影响，以及组织内最具影响力的组织，战略和文化因素。

This dissertation project will draw upon institutional theory and social movement theory to explain changes in corporations' sexual discrimination and rights policies. The project employs a multi-method approach, blending survey data about Fortune 1000 companies, intensive interviews with human resource directors and gay rights activists, and a small number of case studies. The research will examine the impact of the sociopolitical environment on organizational policy making, the influence of industry and corporate characteristics on such decisions, and the organizational, strategic and cultural factors that were most influential within organizations.