Gender and Occupational Outcomes

Despite concentrated research and important legislative milestones on gender equality over the past quarter-century, gender-related disparities in science, technology, and math careers persist into the 21st century. This persistence sustains a troubling state of gender inequity in which women are not sharing in the salary and status advantages attached to scientific and technical careers. In this landmark volume, editors Watt and Eccles, both well known for their research contributions in this area, compile a rich source of longitudinal analysis that places the problem in context.Experts from different countries in the fields of developmental and social psychology, human development, biology, education, and sociology draw on multi-wave longitudinal data on the gender-related variables that influence occupational outcomes. Together, the studies bring a variety of perspectives, theoretical models, and cultural settings to bear on the book's central questions. Further, the book examines the implications these results have for policy, suggesting which circumstances may be most conducive to promoting a more comprehensive and realistic understanding of gender differences in career choice and persistence. Detailed explanations of study design will serve as a resource for future researchers in this area.

ISBN 1433803100   Pages 400 ISBN13 9781433803109 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher American Psychological Association   Weight (grammes) 880 Imprint American Psychological Association   Published in Washington DC Format Hardback   Height (mm) 258 Publication date 15 Mar 2008   Width (mm) 186 Library of Congress 2007027308   Spine width (mm) 34 DEWEY 331.4   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		List of Tables and Figures
		Gender and Occupational Outcomes: An Introduction by Helen M. G. Watt		3
I		Mathematics as the Critical Filter?		25
Ch. 1		Gender, Mathematics Achievement, and the Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Canadian Youth by Jennifer D. Shapka and Jose F. Domene and Daniel P. Keating		27
Ch. 2		Mathematics as the Critical Filter: Curricular Effects on Gendered Career Choices by Xin Ma and Willis Johnson		55
II		Psychological Processes and Gendered Participation in Math Science, and Technology-Based Careers		85
Ch. 3		What Motivates Females and Males to Pursue Sex-Stereotyped Careers? by Helen M. G. Watt		87
Ch. 4		Gendered High School Course Selection as a Precursor of Gendered Careers: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept and Intrinsic Value by Gabriel Nagy and Jessica Garrett and Ulrich Trautwein and Kai S. Cortina and Jurgen Baumert and Jacquelynne S. Eccles		115
Ch. 5		Testing for Time-Invariant and Time-Varying Predictors of Self-Perceived Ability in Math, Language Arts, and Science: A Look at the Gender Factor by Barbara M. Byrne		145
Ch. 6		A Sociomotivational Analysis of Gender Effects on Persistence in Science and Technology: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study by Simon Larose and Catherine F. Ratelle and Frideric Guay and Caroline Senecal and Marylou Harvey and Evelyne Drouin		171
III		The Importance of Family Considerations, Family, and Biology in Gendered Career Choices		193
Ch. 7		Is the Desire for a Family-Flexible Job Keeping Young Women Out of Male-Dominated Occupations? by Pamela M. Frome and Corinne J. Alfeld and Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Bonnie L. Barber		195
Ch. 8		Gender-Typed Occupational Choices; The Long-Term Impact of Parents' Beliefs and Expectations by Christina S. Chhin and Martha M. Bleeker and Janis E. Jacobs		215
Ch. 9		Biological Contributors to Gendered Occupational Outcome: Prenatal Androgen Effects on Predictors of Outcome by Sheri A. Berenbaun and Kristina L. Korman Bryk		235
IV		Social and Institutional Constraints on Women's Career Development		265
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		Author Index		353

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