Patterns of the gender desegregation process in managerial and professional specialty fields are associated with differences in both occupational growth rates and gender salary levels. Sex desegregation is both widespread among higher-status fields and is increasing over time. (Author)

Blacks, unmarried or young women, or those with low job status are most likely to be targets of harassment. Harassment adversely affects feelings toward coworkers and supervisors, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, but not job satisfaction, aspirations, or feelings of job competence. (Author/SK)

Home-based self-employed workers (n=46, including 35 women) viewed home work as a valuable nontraditional option, especially mothers who combined work and child care. Family-work conflicts and economic issues sometimes replicated negative, exploitative conditions of traditional workplaces. Gender, family status, resources, race/ethnicity, and…

Data from the Washington State Career Development Study showed that many women go between sex-typical and sex-atypical occupations. Higher work commitment slows movement from nontraditional to traditional occupations, but family variables do not constrain moves to nontraditional jobs nor speed moves to traditional ones. (SK)

Data from 1968 and 1979 National Longitudinal Survey cohorts were used to examine relationship between aspiration to a male- or female-dominated occupation and sex type of occupation achieved. Comparison to Jacobs' earlier study suggests that Jacobs overestimated the relationship between aspiration and occupation achieved, which appears to have…

Focuses on female employment preferences and summarizes results of a questionnaire distributed to a sample of rural males and females. Although gender differences in employment preferences do exist, many rural women indicate an interest in traditionally male, blue-collar jobs. Women who held such jobs commented positively about their experiences.…

Compares aspects of the work and private lives of 43 French and 20 Canadian managerial women with careers in essentially male occupations. Issues of socialization, coordination of work and family life, sponsorship in the workplace, sex ratios and division of labor, and equal opportunities are examined. (SK)

Data from a three-year study of a large industrial firm illustrate the changes that occurred after equal employment policies were installed. The new practices did not address barriers impeding women's access to and advancement in nontraditional jobs. Although more women are hired, new patterns of sex and race segregation are developed. (Author/SK)

Respondents among a sample of 86 women in nontraditional occupations indicated that the challenge of succeeding in such occupations was a primary source of satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the first year. Later, they became more concerned with traditional sources of satisfaction and the inherent dissatisfactions of blue-collar jobs. (Author/SK)

Research which studied women truck drivers showed that the extent of tensions suffered due to being in a nontraditional occupation is less than expected, due largely to the influence of male support, sponsorship, and protection. (Author/CT)

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, this article identifies similarities and differences in social background characteristics, academic ability, and work values among men and women in sex-typical and sex-atypical curricula. Results show that men and women in sex-atypical majors are more like their sex…