The Influence of Sexual Orientation on Career Decision-Making:

Etringer, Bruce D.; Hillerbrand, Eric; Hetherington, Cheryl

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“…Despite this emergence, there still remains a paucity of research devoted exclusively to the career development of lesbians (Chung, 2003). Researchers continue to study the career development of lesbians and gay men together, regardless of the assertions from some researchers that sexual minorities should not be treated as a homogeneous group when exploring career-related issues (Elliott, 1993;Etringer, Hillerbrand, & Hetherington, 1990).…”

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The Influences of Career Support and Sexual Identity on Sexual Minority Women's Career Aspirations

Fisher

Gushue

Cerrone

2011

The Career Development Quart

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The authors examined the relationship between sexual identity, family/friend career support, and career aspirations in a sample of 381 sexual minority women. The results indicated that family career support and friend career support were positively related to career aspirations of sexual minority women. The results also indicated that the relationship between family career support and career aspirations depended on the level of negative sexual identity. The findings demonstrate the utility of social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994, 2002) with this particular population. Limitations and implications for further research and practice are discussed.

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The Influences of Career Support and Sexual Identity on Sexual Minority Women's Career Aspirations

Fisher

Gushue

Cerrone

2011

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“…Thus, out GLB role models may be especially important in the career development of GLB individuals because they can demonstrate how to balance private and public aspects ofselfon the job, they can model confidence with one's selfas a GLB individual in a career, and they can challenge stereotypes about appropriate and inappropriate jobs for GLB individuals (Croteau & Thiel, 1993;Hetherington & Orzek, 1989). In addition, observing career role models who are out at work may help young adults anticipate reactions to and consequences ofpublic disclosures about their sexual orientation in the workplace (Elliott, 1993;Etringer, Hillerbrand, & Hetherington, 1990;Morgan & Brown, 1991).…”

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Interpersonal Influences on Students' Academic and Career Decisions: The Impact of Sexual Orientation

Nauta¹,

Saucier²,

Woodard³

2001

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The authors investigated differences in interpersonal influences on career decision making between gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) and heterosexual college students. Contrary to hypotheses, GLB students reported having more career role models than did heterosexual students, and the amount of inspiration received from role models did not differ between the 2 groups. However, GLB students perceived they received less support and guidance from others in their academic and career decision making. As expected, GLB students were more likely to endorse the importance of a career role model's sexual orientation and support of people with their own sexual orientation. Career intervention and research implications are discussed.The unique concerns of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) individuals have been identified as a critical area ofinquiry in the career development literature (Bieschke & Matthews, 1996;Croteau, 1996;Lonborg & Phillips, 1996). Because of"stereotypes, discrimination, environmental barriers, and other forms ofbiasthat typically impede the development ofminority groups" (Herr & Cramer, 1988, p. 154), theorists have suggested that the career decision making and implementation ofGLB individuals may be particularly difficult when compared with that of heterosexual individuals. A growing literature, including special issues of The Career Development Quarterly and Journal ofVocational Behavior, has addressed waysin which GLB individuals' career development is affected by sexual identity and orientation issues (e.g., Chung, 1995;Fassinger, 1995Fassinger, , 1996Mobley & Slaney, 1996;Morrow, Gore, & Campbell, 1996;Pope, 1995;Prince, 1995). Role Model InfluencesOne of the issues that has consistently emerged from the literature on GLB career development is the importance of role models who are "out"

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“…Such an assumption is questionable, however, because gay men encounter issues similar to those of lesbians related to sexual identity, social oppression, intimate relationships and discrimination from their heterosexual co-workers. In fact, Etringer et al (1990) found, when compared with other groups, gay men scored the highest on both career uncertainty and dissatisfaction. A number of factors could lead to such a result, but the finding does raise important questions and highlights the need to clarify the implications of sexual identity for the organizational experiences of gay men.…”

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Contextual Factors Affecting Quality of Work Life and Career Attitudes of Gay Men

Trau

Härtel

2007

Employ Respons Rights J

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With the current political environment (such as new legislation recognising gay and lesbian couples) and societal changes (such as increasing disclosure of sexual identity in the workplace) in countries such as the USA and Australia, organizations are increasingly recognising the existence of their gay and lesbian employees. This paper reports on an on-line survey of 581 working gay men, examining their quality of work life and career attitudes. The findings of the research provide a strong indication that contextual factors affect the quality of work life and work attitudes of gay men.

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The Influence of Sexual Orientation on Career Decision-Making:

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The Influences of Career Support and Sexual Identity on Sexual Minority Women's Career Aspirations

The Influences of Career Support and Sexual Identity on Sexual Minority Women's Career Aspirations

Interpersonal Influences on Students' Academic and Career Decisions: The Impact of Sexual Orientation

Contextual Factors Affecting Quality of Work Life and Career Attitudes of Gay Men

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