A Gender Comparison of Former Agricultural Students' Employment Experiences.

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, John K.; Schiflett, Kathy L.
Institution	Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
Titel	A Gender Comparison of Former Agricultural Students' Employment Experiences.
Quelle	(1988), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Personnel; College Graduates; Comparative Analysis; Employed Women; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Fringe Benefits; Graduate Surveys; Higher Education; Job Placement; Occupational Surveys; Salaries; Sex Differences; Sex Discrimination; Unemployment; Work Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Sozialabgaben; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Berufsanalyse; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	To examine the transition of male and female agricultural students from colleges of agriculture into the labor market, a questionnaire was mailed in 1986 and 1987 to a 30% random sample of agricultural majors formerly enrolled at Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State University in the 1976-77 academic year. The survey obtained information about current educational attainment; past agricultural curriculum training; resources used by study participants to find employment; employment benefits received; and labor market participation according to first full-time position, starting salary, and total number of weeks unemployed since college graduation. Analyzed and compared by gender, the survey data clearly indicated that structural conditions allocated different occupations and employment benefits to comparably trained men and women. Although more than 90% of the study participants graduated with degrees from colleges of agriculture, women experienced more occupational segregation than men. Their first full-time jobs after leaving college were concentrated in traditional female occupations such as sales, clerical, and technical positions. Men more frequently obtained managerial and professional positions. The particular education qualifications of women in the study served primarily to allocate them to white-collar, secondary jobs. Future inquiries should address why women graduates are relegated to secondary jobs and why the positions are accepted. (JHZ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01