Sex stereotypes in occupational choice: The case for college women

Almquist, Elizabeth M.

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(74)90003-7

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“…This classification deals with the perceptions of jobs as either female-dominated, male-dominated, or neutral (including both females and males). A variety of previous studies have described the types of occupations that are perceived as masculine, feminine, and neutral (Almquist, 1978;Getty & Cann, 1981;Panek, Rush, & Greenwalt, 1977;Schlossberg & Goodman, 1972;Shinar, 1975;Tibbetts, 1975;White, Kruczek, & Brown, 1989). The occupational gender codes employed in the present study were similar to those used by White and colleagues (1989).…”

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Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Murrell

Frieze

Frost

1991

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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In an examination of career aspirations, 101 black and 530 white college women were asked to indicate their occupational and educational plans, important considerations for career choices, and their attitudes toward combining the roles of career and family. Results indicated that women who planned careers in male‐dominated occupations had higher career and educational aspirations than women who desired careers in femaledominated occupations. Black women who planned careers in male‐dominated professions showed high levels of aspirations, planned more education than was necessary for the desired occupations, and perceived less conflict in combining the roles of career and family than their white counterparts. There were few differences between black and white women in their attitudes toward the traditional roles of men and women. Those choosing female‐dominated careers, however, had more traditional attitudes regardless of race. Implications of these findings for the influence of occupational gender dominance on career aspirations are discussed.

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Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Murrell

Frieze

Frost

1991

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…The blossoming of the feminist movement in the late 1960s initiated a serious attempt on the part of researchers and practitioners to delineate factors contributing to women's choice of nontraditional careers. Studies have consistently indicated that nontraditional careers tend to be chosen by women who are androgynous (Clarey & Sanford, 19821, have liberal attitudes toward women (Mintz & Patterson, 19691, and have working mothers as role models (Almquist, 1974 relating to women's preference for nontraditional careers. These include sex composition of schools attended and sex of siblings.…”

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Relationship Between College Women's Occupational Interests and a Single‐Sex Environment

Rubenfeld

Gilroy

1991

The Career Development Quart

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This study investigated whether the gender composition of the home and high‐school environment in which a woman was reared has an influence upon her occupational interests. Results indicated that college women who reported attending a single‐sex high school and who also had brothers demonstrated interest in non‐traditional careers significantly more often than did their counterparts who attended coed schools. Those women from single‐sex high schools reporting having sisters only did not differ significantly from the other three groups. These results were interpreted as being useful in explaining some of the discrepant findings in the previous literature concerning the overall effect of single‐sex secondary education.

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“…If so, then the female achiever is in accord with significant others in her immediate social environment. The finding that women choosing male dominated occupations dated as frequently and participated as often in extracurricular activities as women choosing female dominated occupations (Almquist, 1974) supports this view of the nontraditional achieving woman as one who i s socially "in tune". If this view is correct, then a group of high aspiring females would be expected to report more achievement-related encouragement from significant others than either a group of males setting equally high occupational goals or a group of females setting more traditional goals.…”

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Career Goals of College Women and Men and Perceived Achievement-Related Encouragement

Stake

Levitz

1979

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Encouragements and discouragements for achievement‐related behavior were reported in an interview setting by three groups of college seniors: Career women (n = 20), career men (n = 20), and traditional women (n = 19). Career women reported significantly more encouragement from teachers, family members (except parents), and significant others of the opposite sex than did either career men or traditional women. Career women also reported more encouragement from counselors and friends, while career men reported more encouragement from parents; however, these differences were not significant. Career women reported a significantly higher grade point average than either of the other groups. Implications of the results for the achievement behavior of women and men are considered.

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Sex stereotypes in occupational choice: The case for college women

Cited by 55 publications

References 6 publications

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Relationship Between College Women's Occupational Interests and a Single‐Sex Environment

Career Goals of College Women and Men and Perceived Achievement-Related Encouragement

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