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In contrast to division of work, division of labour is the specialization of an individual workers' or organizations' skills, through education, training, and practice.
Â© A Dictionary of Sociology 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. sexual division of labour A term referring to the specialized gender roles of male breadwinner and female housewife; or, in the terminology of Talcott Parsons (Family, Socialisation and Interaction Process, 1956), the âinstrumentalâ and âexpressiveâ roles.