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Walshok, Mary Lindenstein; Walshok, Marco Gary – 1978
Data from in-depth interviews with more than one hundred women over a three-year period suggest that the experience of women in skilled and semiskilled jobs contradicts the conventional wisdom about the values and motives of these women and challenge many sociological findings regarding the alienating character of much blue collar work. The women…
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
