Do Men and Women Work for the Same Reasons? Job Attribute Preferences and Work Commitment.

Autor/inn/en	Lacy, William B.; und weitere
Titel	Do Men and Women Work for the Same Reasons? Job Attribute Preferences and Work Commitment.
Quelle	(1980), (21 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Economic Factors; Educational Background; Employed Women; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Females; Income; Influences; Job Satisfaction; National Surveys; Sex Differences; Vocational Interests; Work Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökonomischer Faktor; Vorbildung; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Einkommen; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Berufsinteresse; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	Utilizing data from four representative national samples, a study was conducted to explore the extent of assumed sex differences in preferences for work attributes and commitment to continuing labor force participation. The results indicated only minimal differences between males and females. Both sexes identified meaningfulness of the work as the most important job attribute and rank ordered the other four job attributes studied in the same sequence. Although income, education, and occupational prestige influenced preferences for job attributes, they did not affect the general findings of similar preferences among males and females. In addition, a majority of both sexes indicated a commitment to work regardless of economic necessity. Married women, however, reported slightly greater preferences for meaningful work, less interest in job security, and less willingness to continue working if economically unnecessary. (Implications of the findings are discussed.) (Author/BM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01