Selected characteristics of the female psychologist in the labour force.

Pyke, Sandra W.

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“…Departmental data suggested that employment for female faculty during 1979-81 has been in proportion to their representation in the labour force. This result is in contrast to a report by Pyke (1977) that of the CPA membership resident in Canada, 53% of the men were in university settings as opposed to only 29% of the women. A comparison of women hired on faculty (to serve as role models) to the number of female psychology students during 1979-81 was not available for this study, but would prove interesting.…”

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“…Results of this study confirmed the sex differential in salaries favouring male psychologists that had been found by other investigators (Kalin & Grant, 1981;Pyke, 1977;Solmon, 1978). The average starting salary for female faculty was found to be significantly less than for males by $2,267, despite matching for rank, for year in which Ph.D. was received, for year of appointment, and for appointment beginning before graduation.…”

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“…Past investigations of male and female psychologists have consistently revealed that females have lower professional status. In her review of the available Canadian and United States data on the characteristics of employment for psychologists, Pyke (1977) found that females held lower status than males on most of the dimensions examined. Women psychologists were less likely to be hired, less likely to be employed full time, likely to be promoted at a slower rate, less likely to have tenure, and paid lower salaries.…”

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Practices in the recruitment and hiring of faculty for psychology departments in Canadian universities.

Leland¹,

Nelson-Wernick²

1983

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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An investigation was made of faculty recruitment and hiring practices of psychology departments in Canadian universities, as well as the job search experiences of recently hired male and female faculty. Questionnaires were sent to 61 departments and 105 faculty, and data from 38 completed department questionnaires (62%) and 64 faculty questionnaires (61%) were analysed. Results suggested that the majority of psychology departments lack complete affirmative action policies, and many lack other specific requirements for ensuring participation by women. In spite of some deterrents to full equality, including a salary differential favouring men, it appears that women are being hired in proportion to their representation in the psychology labour force. Differences in male and female applicants which may favour the hiring of male faculty were found to be few.

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Practices in the recruitment and hiring of faculty for psychology departments in Canadian universities.

Leland¹,

Nelson-Wernick²

1983

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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“…Overall, however, participation of female doctorates in the labor force does not appear to be substantially reduced by the demands of home and family (79% of the women in Astin's sample had never interrupted their careers, and 18% reported career interruptions lasting from 11-15 months, with a median period of 14 months). Although there is some evidence that female PhDs are more likely to forgo the options of marriage and a family than other women are (Faia, 1978;Pyke, 1977), an alternative explanation for these findings is that male spouses are increasingly willing to share the domestic burden, allowing their wives to pursue their academic careers without interruption.…”

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A longitudinal study of the careers of a cohort of assistant professors in psychology.

Emmons¹

1982

American Psychologist

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Women in higher education have often failed to achieve the same status as their male colleagues. Discrimination at work is one possible reason for this, and responsibilities arising from marriage and parenthood, as well as lack of job mobility, offer additional explanations. The present report critically examines some of what is now known or believed about female psychologists in academe. It also provides new evidence from a seven-year longitudinal study of a cohort of male and female assistant professors in psychology. The examination of the literature demonstrates that many questions remain unanswered, and the new evidence provides little support for some common assumptions about the career progress of men and women. Suggestions for future research are made.I am grateful to Gary D. Gottfredson for the advice and enthusiastic support given throughout the preparation of this manuscript. I would also like to thank Joy Stapp, Bert F. Green, and Judy A. Hall for comments made on an earlier draft.Requests for reprints should be sent to Carol-

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“…In Australia (Over, 1981), Britain (Williams et al, 1974), Canada (Pyke, 1977), and the United States (Bayer and Astin, 1975), women as academics typically have occupied positions that are relatively low in the status hierarchy. This circumstance might suggest that the appointment and promotion procedures within universities are biased against women.…”

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Early career patterns of men and women in British universities

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1985

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The early career paths of 436 men and 162 women who took up lectureships in British universities in English, modern languages, or psychology in 1971-1973 were identified. Proportionately fewer women (61 percent) than men (80 percent) held a full-time post in a British university ten years after their initial appointment. Among those retaining a university appointment, relatively fewer women (8 percent) than men (18 percent) had advanced to the level of senior lecturer, reader, or professor. Factors that may have served to restrict the career development of women in British universities are discussed. There now is a higher proportion of women than in the past in the pool of graduates who are qualified for academic posts. However, the end to university growth makes it unlikely that the sex ratio of academics will shift substantially in the 1980s or the 1990s. Since promotion has become more competitive than it was in the past, the current sex ratio at senior levels of appointment may also remain relatively unchanged.The number of women in academic appointments in British universities has always been below the representation of women as students. For example, in 1979 women received 37 percent of all first degrees awarded by British universities, as well as 23 percent of all higher degrees. In the same year, however, women held only 14 percent of full-time teaching and research positions in British universities. Further, the men and the women in academic posts differed substantially in terms of their status. Women numbered only one in 40 professors, and one in sixteen senior lecturers or readers. The ratio was instead one in seven

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Selected characteristics of the female psychologist in the labour force.

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Practices in the recruitment and hiring of faculty for psychology departments in Canadian universities.

Practices in the recruitment and hiring of faculty for psychology departments in Canadian universities.

A longitudinal study of the careers of a cohort of assistant professors in psychology.

Early career patterns of men and women in British universities

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