Undergraduates Regard Deviation from Occupational Gender Stereotypes as Costly for Women.

Yoder, Janice D.; Schleicher, Thomas L.

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ERIC Number: EJ528841

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Undergraduates Regard Deviation from Occupational Gender Stereotypes as Costly for Women.

Yoder, Janice D.; Schleicher, Thomas L.

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v34 n3-4 p171-88 Feb 1996

Student attitudes toward men and women successful in occupations traditionally associated with the other gender were studied through ratings of a hypothetical stimulus person. Results with 230 undergraduates found that they expected deviation from occupational gender types to be personally costly for women but not for men. (SLD)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Psychological Characteristics, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Success, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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