Female Clerical Workers in Academic Settings: An Empirical Test of the Gender Model
作者:
Joy B. Reeves,
Ray Darville,
期刊:
Sociological Inquiry
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 56,
issue 1
页码: 105-124
ISSN:0038-0245
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1986.tb00078.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an empirical study designed to test the gender model of work on a sample of 374 female clerical workers in academic settings. In the gender model of work, personal/family variables are given primacy in terms of explaining work attitudes and behavior. Independent variables selected for study were sex role orientation, education, having a blue‐collar husband, and having three or more children. Dependent variables were perceived occupational stress, occupational satisfaction, perceived power, thwarted mobility, and work aspirations. Six hypotheses were tested; three were confirmed. The authors conclude that non‐traditional sex role orientation is positively related to perceived powerlessness, low occupational satisfaction, and high work aspirations. Low Pearson's r for each confirmed hypothesis suggests the inadequacy of the gender model for this particular populat
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