TY  - CHAP
AB  - Despite the absence of federal legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression, many companies have adopted such policies in recent years. We examine the impact of several contextual factors thought to influence gender identity and expression nondiscrimination policy adoption among Fortune 500 firms from 1997 to 2007. Our findings suggest that city and state laws likely influence policy adoption, as do federal case rulings regarding gender nonconformity and the adoption of similar policies by companies in the same industry. We found little evidence that companies respond to state or city executive orders or to media coverage of gender identity issues in the workplace.
VL  - 20
SN  - 978-1-84855-371-2, 978-1-84855-370-5/0277-2833
DO  - 10.1108/S0277-2833(2010)0000020010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-2833(2010)0000020010
AU  - Munsch Christin L.
AU  - Elizabeth Hirsh C.
ED  - Christine L. Williams
ED  - Kirsten Dellinger
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Gender variance in the Fortune 500: The inclusion of gender identity and expression in nondiscrimination corporate policy
T2  - Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace
T3  - Research in the Sociology of Work
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 151
EP  - 177
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -