What Is the Main Contribution of Besen's Symbolic Interactionist Study

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is the main contribution of Besen's symbolic interactionist study of teenagers working in coffee shops?

• A)that groups whose members have very different social characteristics share a common perspective on work and other aspects of everyday life
• B)that gender discrimination in the workplace often starts with an individual's first job
• C)that jobs that seem exploitive to social psychologists and other academics might not be viewed that way by their occupants
• D)the documentation of generalizable patterns of worker behavior
• E)the verification of the long-held belief that early job training translates into economic success in
• F) adulthood

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