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PhD Candidate
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Office: Savery 229
Office Hours: Mon and Fri: 1-2pm
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valgaav@u.washington.edu
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Curriculum
Vitae
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| Work, Labor Market Inequality, Family and Methods |
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Work-Family Preferences, Behavior, and Marital Satisfaction in an Age of Egalitarianism
, Serafini
2010 PAA, Marriage and Cohabitation Panel Presentation
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Sex in Committed Relationships
, Schwartz, Pepper, Brian Serafini, and Ross Cantor
Forthcoming chapter in "The International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality"
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War, Recession and Marital Instability: Conditional Effects of Uncertainty in Washington State, 2000-2010
, Serafini, Brian and Julie Brines
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Power and Peril in the Workplace: The Organizational Determinants of Workplace Aggression
, Serafini, Brian
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Recession, Man-cession, or Mom-cession? Gender Inequality in Reemployment Outcomes Disaggregated by Marital and Parental Status
, Maroto, Michelle and Brian Serafini
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Deeper Cuts, Greater Scars: Inequality in Reemployment Outcomes for Displaced Workers During the Great Recession.
, Maroto, Michelle and Brian Serafini
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Report
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| More About Me |
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Dissertation Topic: Workplace Control and Worker Commitment in a Mid-Sized Fast Food Corporation and Its Franchises..... Dissertation Committee: Julie Brines (chair), Pepper Scwhartz, Jake Rosenfeld, Alexes Harris.....
In my dissertation, I ask why do low-wage fast food laborers work as hard as they do(if they work hard at all)?.....
Work in the fast food industry is commonly thought of as monotonous, alienating and degrading. In fact, little research has been done to determine how fast food employers structure the workplace to maintain profits while offering their workers so little in return. Through interviews with company officials, employees, and a four month participant observation period as a part-time unpaid crew member, my study compares the practices of a fast food chain's corporate and franchise restaurants. My study demonstrates how low-wage employers, in an industry that is notorious for its poor treatment of workers and high turnover, structure the workplace to inspire loyalty, commitment, and most of all, continuous productivity.
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