ERIC Number: EJ975488
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 18
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Gender Similarity or Gender Difference? Contemporary Women's and Men's Career Patterns
Whitmarsh, Lona; Wentworth, Diane Keyser
Career Development Quarterly, v60 n1 p47-64 Mar 2012
Career development research has often explored gender differences in and development of career patterns (Gottfredson, 2006). Hyde's (2005) meta-analysis indicated that men and women shared more similarities than differences. Applying Hyde's gender similarities hypothesis to careers, the authors conducted a 2-stage study. Stage 1 was an analysis of career choices of couples (a socioeconomically and educationally advantaged group) announcing their wedding in the "New York Times." Stage 2 was a comparison of a "New York Times" wedding cohort with a cohort from 11 other U.S. newspapers, examining national trends and exploring generalizability of the findings from Stage 1 of the study. Results revealed that there are shifting trends in career choices, most notably in the legal profession. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Career Development, Research, Gender Differences, Pattern Recognition, Meta Analysis, Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Marriage, Ceremonies, News Reporting, Newspapers, Reputation, Career Choice, Advantaged, Federal Government, Statistics, Comparative Analysis, Sociocultural Patterns, Decision Making, Employment Patterns, Females, Males, Finance Occupations, Health Occupations, Managerial Occupations, Professional Occupations, Mass Media, White Collar Occupations, Broadcast Industry
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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