Children's occupational preferences: The influence of sex and perceptions of occupational characteristics

Stockard, Jean; McGee, Jeanne

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(90)90033-x

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“…By the age of six, children may limit their choices of occupations to those deemed appropriate to their gender (Gottfredson 1981). By middle childhood, gender is the most powerful predictor of children's occupational aspirations (Stockard and McGee 1990;Teig and Susskind 2008).…”

Section: Occupational Aspirationsmentioning

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Individual Differences in Children’s Occupational Aspirations as a Function of Parental Traditionality

Fulcher

2010

Sex Roles

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The current study was designed to test the application of the social-cognitive theory of gender development in predicting the traditionality of children's occupational aspirations (Bussey and Bandura 1999). Of primary interest was the influence of children's efficacy for nontraditional tasks on their occupational aspirations. Participants were 150 children and their mothers from the southern United States. Mothers reported their gendered attitudes, their perception of their children's skills, and their family's division of paid and unpaid labor. Children reported their occupational aspirations and efficacy for traditional and nontraditional skills, occupations, and school topics. Mothers who reported nontraditional attitudes had children with nontraditional occupational aspirations. This association was mediated by children's efficacy for nontraditional tasks, indicating some support for the social-cognitive theory.

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Section: Occupational Aspirationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual Differences in Children’s Occupational Aspirations as a Function of Parental Traditionality

Fulcher

2010

Sex Roles

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“…The extant empirical literature on childhood career development is fragmented and sparse in comparison with the substantial body of research on late-adolescent and adult career development and work behavior. For example, existing research has addressed the structure of childhood interests (Tracey, 2002), occupational preferences (Stockard & McGee, 1990), occupational aspirations and expectations (Helwig, 1998(Helwig, , 2001Phipps, 1995;Sellers, Satcher, & Comas, 1999), parental influences on career choice (McMahon & Patton, 1997;Trice, Hughes, Odom, Woods, & McClellan, 1995), and sex role stereotyping and gender differences (Helwig, 2001). …”

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Current Status and Future Agenda for the Theory, Research, and Practice of Childhood Career Development

Schultheiss

2008

The Career Development Quart

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This article reviews the current status and a future agenda for childhood career development theory, research, and practice. The fragmented nature of the current state of the literature is noted, and a call is made for a reexamination and reconsideration of the childhood developmental pathways of life's work. It is suggested that the study of children's work behavior be rooted in life contexts, most notably, families, communities, and schools.

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“…Psychological explanations beyond economic rationality will be of at least of equal importance, however. Stockard and McGee (1990) found that children learn about the sex-typing of jobs as early as they learn about other occupational characteristics. Gender is therefore an important predicting variable for the occupational preferences of children as well as of adolescents and adults.…”

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Tracing the process of becoming a farm successor on Swiss family farms

Mann

2007

Agric Hum Values

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A theoretical model for farm succession is developed in which identity-related variables such as preferences for working autonomously or with animals influence occupational choice at the outset of the process, while environmental factors such as farm size and income prospects gain in importance during the latter stages of succession. A survey of 14-to-34-year-old potential farm successors in Switzerland is carried out to test the model. While female respondents focus on identity-related factors when making occupational choices, the model can be verified for several influencing variables for male successors, such as continuing the family tradition and the potential conversion of farmland to building land. For both men and women, the prospect of working alongside their parents is an important factor in the decision to take over the family farm.

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Children's occupational preferences: The influence of sex and perceptions of occupational characteristics

Cited by 74 publications

References 23 publications

Individual Differences in Children’s Occupational Aspirations as a Function of Parental Traditionality

Individual Differences in Children’s Occupational Aspirations as a Function of Parental Traditionality

Current Status and Future Agenda for the Theory, Research, and Practice of Childhood Career Development

Tracing the process of becoming a farm successor on Swiss family farms

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