Table of Contents

1 Structural Explanations for Inequality and Mobility in Bureaucratized Organizations.- I. The Structure of White-Collar Job Ladders.- 2 The Hierarchy of White-Collar Work.- 3 The Clerical—Administrative Boundary.- II. The Shaping of Recruitment and Promotion Policies for White-Collar Jobs.- 4 Early Personnel Management in the Federal Civil Service.- 5 Progressivism and Public Personnel Administration.- 6 The Development of a Tiered Personnel System in the Federal Government.- 7 How Constraining Are White-Collar Job Ladders? Horizontal and Vertical Mobility in the Federal Government.- 8 Equal Employment Opportunity and the Bridging of Job Ladders.- 9 The Determinants of Advancement on White-Collar Job Ladders.- 10 Conclusion: Structures and Outcomes in Bureaucratic Labor Markets.- The Occupational Content of Clerical and Administrative Work: 1920 to the Present.- References.