Publications related to Cultural Beliefs about “good work” and “good workers”
Cech, Erin A. (In press) The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality. University of California Press.
Cech, Erin A. and Sofia Hiltner. (2022). "Unsettled Employment, Reshuffled Priorities? Career Prioritization among College-Educated Workers Facing Employment Instability during COVID-19." Socius. January 2022
Cech, Erin A., Jessi L. Smith and Anneke Metz. (2019). “Cultural Processes of Ethnoracial Disadvantage for Native American College Students.” Social Forces. Vol. 91(1):355-380.
Cech, Erin A. and Lindsey Trimble O'Connor. (2018). " 'Like Second-Hand Smoke: The Toxic Effect of Workplace Flexibility Bias for Workers' Health." Community, Work & Family. Vol. 20(5): 543-572.
O’Connor, Lindsey Trimble and Erin A. Cech. (2018) “Not Just a Mother’s Problem: The Consequences of Perceived Workplace Flexibility Bias for All Workers.” Sociological Perspectives. 61(5):808-829.
Blair-Loy, Mary and Erin A. Cech. (2017) “Demands & Devotion: Cultural Meanings of Work and Overload among Women Researchers and Professionals in Science and Technology Industries.” Sociological Forum. Vol. 32(1): 5-27.
Cech, Erin A. (2016). “Mechanism or Myth? Family Plans and the Reproduction of Occupational Gender Segregation.” Gender & Society. Vol. 30(2): 265-88.
Cech, Erin A. and Mary Blair-Loy. (2014). “Consequences of Flexibility Stigma among Academic Scientists and Engineers.” Work and Occupations. Vol. 41(1):86-1
Smith, Jessi L., Erin Cech, Anneke Metz, Meghan Huntoon and Christina Carvalho. (2014). “Giving Back or Giving Up: Native American Student Experiences in STEM.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Vol. 20(3):413-29.
Cech, Erin A. (2013). “The Self-Expressive Edge of Occupational Sex Segregation.” American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 119(3):747-89
Cech, Erin A. (2013). “Ideological Wage Gaps? The Technical/Social Dualism and the Gender Wage Gap in Engineering.” Social Forces. Vol. 91(4): 1147-1182.
Cech, Erin A., Anneke Metz, Tracy Babcock, and Jessi Smith. (2011). “‘Caring for Our Own:’ The Role of Institutionalized Support Structures in Native American Nursing Student Success.” Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 50(9): 524-531.
Metz, Anneke, Erin Cech, Tracy Babcock, and Jessi Smith. “The Effect of Formal and Informal Support Structures on the Motivation of Native American Students in Nursing.” Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 50(7): 388-94.