Barriers to Entry into Non-Traditional Occupations for Women: A Study to Determine the Ability to Discriminate among Groups.

Autor/inn/en	Denbroeder, Karen L; Thomas, Hollie B.
Titel	Barriers to Entry into Non-Traditional Occupations for Women: A Study to Determine the Ability to Discriminate among Groups.
Quelle	(1980), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Career Choice; Employed Women; Employee Attitudes; Females; Nontraditional Occupations; Nurses; Occupational Surveys; Questionnaires; Role Conflict; Role Perception; Secretaries; Sex Bias; Sex Role; Social Bias; Vocational Education; Women Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Berufsanalyse; Fragebogen; Rollenkonflikt; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Geschlechterrolle; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte
Abstract	The purpose of the study reported in this speech was to ascertain whether perceived barriers to entering nontraditional occupations as measured by a barriers-to-entry survey could be employed to accurately discriminate among women's consideration of a nontraditional occupation. Using a stratified random sample of 500 women (51% response) living in a moderately large Southeastern city who were employed in traditional occupations of nursing, teaching, and secretarial work, the two-part survey sought to discriminate among women who had given little, serious, or no consideration to entering a nontraditional occupation. Results of the survey indicate that membership in these deterrent groups can be identified on the basis of perceived barriers. Specifically, the findings lend support to two assumptions: (1) the greater the consideration a woman gives to nontraditional occupations, the more she will be deterred and the more helpless she learns to feel; (2) women discover that the role of female is considered more important than a career role, even when entering a nontraditional field. (The data and the complete eighteen-page questionnaire, Survey of Women's Attitudes about Careers are included.) (MEK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01