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Male and Female Differences in the Pattern of Occupational Persistence Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1996. DAI-A 57/12, p. 5316, Jun 1997 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Education; Human Capital Theory; Occupations; Vocational Training Data obtained from the Young Men and Young Women modules of National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience were used in this study of occupational persistence. The orientations of human capital theory, structural/institutional theory, and work adjustment theory provided the basis for the generation of occupational persistence-related hypotheses. The hypotheses derived from the human capital orientation highlighted the potential pertinence of general education and vocational training as essentially negative influences. The hypotheses were supported by the findings with the exception of the hypothesis concerning recently-obtained vocational training among the male workers. Structural/institutional theories provided the basis for an additional set hypotheses related to the negative association between marital status change and occupational persistence, the positive implication of remaining married throughout the five year time period, the positive influence of spousal income, and the negative association between the number of dependents and occupational persistence. Support for the marital status change and number of dependents hypotheses were evident while support was forthcoming only from female findings concerning the continuous marriage and spousal income hypotheses. Based on work adjustment theory, it was anticipated that systematic differences in the indicated preferences of male and female workers would be evident and that these differences would, in turn, be related to differences in the likelihood of workers remaining in their respective occupations. Support for male/female preference differences was evident in the findings while no support was found for the association between stated preferences and occupational persistence. |
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Nickinovich, David George. Male and Female Differences in the Pattern of Occupational Persistence. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1996. DAI-A 57/12, p. 5316, Jun 1997. |