Positional segregation

Date and country of first publication

1977
United States

Definition

Positional segregation refers to the separation of individuals within an organization based on their job position or level of authority. This can result in certain groups having more power, resources, and opportunities compared to others. It can create a hierarchical structure within the organization and lead to issues of inequality, discrimination, and limited career advancement opportunities for certain individuals. Addressing positional segregation involves promoting diversity, inclusion, and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of their position within the organization.

Synonyms

The following terms are synonymous with positional segregation:

position segregation.

References and literature addressing this segregation form under these synonymous terms can be found below.

Related segregation forms

Positional segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

racial positional segregation

This visualization is based on the study The Multidisciplinary Landscape of Segregation Research.

For the complete network of interrelated segregation forms, please refer to:

• First year of publication

• Louvain clusters

• Betweenness centrality

• Disciplines in which segregation forms first emerged (Scopus database).

Notes

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Positional segregation appears in the following literature

Medoff M.H. (1977). Positional Segregation and Professional Baseball. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 12(1), 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/101269027701200103

Curtis J.E., Loy J.W. (1978). Positional Segregation in Professional Baseball: Replications, Trend Data and Critical Observation. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 13(4), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/101269027801300401

Pounder D.G. (1988). The Male/Female Salary Differential for School Administrators: Implications for Career Patterns and Placement of Women. Educational Administration Quarterly, 24(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X88024001002

Smith E., Seff M.A. (1989). Race, Position Segregation and Salary Equity in Professional Baseball. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 13(2), 92-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/019372358901300203

Hallinan C.J. (1991). Aborigines and Positional Segregation in Australian Rugby League. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 26(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1177/101269029102600201

Lewis R., Jr. (1995). RACIAL POSITION SEGREGATION: A Case Study of Southwest Conference Football, 1978 and 1989. Journal of Black Studies, 25(4), 431-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/002193479502500402

Rimer E. (1996). Discrimination in major league baseball: Hiring standards for major league managers, 1975 1994. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 20(2), 118-133. https://doi.org/10.1177/019372396020002002

Melnick M.J., Thomson R.W. (1996). The Maori people and positional segregation in New Zealand rugby football: A test of the Anglocentric Hypothesis; [Le Peuple Maori et la Segregation dans le Rugby en Nouvelle Zelande: Un Test de L'Hypothese Anglocentrique]. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 31(2), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1177/101269029603100202

Melnick M.J. (1996). Maori women and positional segregation in New Zealand netball: Another test of the anglocentric hypothesis. Sociology of Sport Journal, 13(3), 259-273. Human Kinetics Publishers Inc..https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.13.3.259

Margolis B., Piliavin J.A. (1999). "Stacking" in major league baseball: A multivariate analysis. Sociology of Sport Journal, 16(1), 16-34. Human Kinetics Publishers Inc..https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.16.1.16

Medoff M.H. (2004). Revisiting the economic hypothesis and positional segregation. Review of Black Political Economy, 32(1), 83-95. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-004-1020-4

Pitts J.D., Yost D.M. (2013). Racial Position Segregation in Intercollegiate Football: Do Players become more Racially Segregated as they Transition from High School to College?. Review of Black Political Economy, 40(2), 207-230. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-012-9149-z

Pitts J.D., Yost D.M. (2013). Racial Position Segregation in Intercollegiate Football: Do Players become more Racially Segregated as they Transition from High School to College?. Review of Black Political Economy, 40(2), 207-230. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-012-9149-z

Apoifis N., Marlin D., Bennie A. (2018). Noble athlete, savage coach: How racialised representations of Aboriginal athletes impede professional sport coaching opportunities for Aboriginal Australians. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(7), 854-868. SAGE Publications Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690216686337

Mills J.P., Ing C., Markham T., Guppy F. (2018). It is not Black and White: A comparison of skin tone by playing position in the Premier League and English football. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 13(3), 398-404. SAGE Publications Inc..https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954117749747

Allison R., Love A. (2022). “We All Play Pretty Much the Same, Except..”: Gender Integrated Quidditch and the Persistence of Essentialist Ideology. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 51(3), 347-375. SAGE Publications Inc..https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416211040240