Analysis of Swedish longitudinal data (1,535 men, 1,584 women) showed that men in female-dominated occupations have substantially better internal promotion opportunities than equally qualified women. In male-dominated occupations, men and women have equal internal promotion chances. Results suggest a "glass escalator" advantage for men…

Optional Matching Analysis was applied to career history data from Hong Kong to identify typical mobility paths, showing how paths are selectively open to different people. The technique is a useful way to map the opportunity structure of national labor markets. (SK)

Interviews with 39 sales/service employees of General Motors' new Telemarketing Assistance Group identified factors influencing the acquisition of status in organizations: reorganization, managerial decision making, employee interpretations and reactions, and community consensus. The status of organizational units was related to career mobility.…

Data from the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey show that short- and long-term seniority strengthen job attachment among older workers, less among younger workers. Age and tenure provide incentives for maintaining employment relationships by allocating rewards or defining points of labor force entry/exit. (SK)

Discusses the implications for status movements during the occupational career and attempts to determine if meaningful differences exist in the careers of workers in core and periphery sectors, between first and midcareer jobs and between midcareer and late career jobs. (JOW)

Work histories from three Japanese mobility surveys were used to measure the extent of permanent employment, finding that historical events and postwar economic development have affected it. Mobility differences were greatest among young workers. White-collar workers in large firms had the lowest mobility, blue-collar, small-firm workers the…

Assesses the argument that teachers' work careers are staged by gender-specific career models. Data for individuals who taught in 1965 and/or 1970 demonstrate labor force demographics and individual career patterns predicted by this argument. Research on teachers' career patterns is needed to assess this argument further. (Author/CH)

This study explores how sex is related to core-periphery placement and mobility from labor force entry to almost midcareer. The results support the existing literature that suggests women enter the labor force in peripheral industries. Limitations and issues pertaining to future studies using both individualistic and structural approaches are…

Based on the 1973 and 1977 Annual Housing Surveys of the United States, about 800,000 household heads were relocated annually by their employers. Income and education levels associated with relocated heads indicated that job transfers are most likely to occur among the higher socioeconomic status occupations but nonetheless appear to be frequent…

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)

Comparison of a Japanese auto plant and its U.S. affiliate attributed the 10% lower production rate of the latter to less-integrated and weaker troubleshooting skills and lower maintenance skills. Lack of integrated skills in the U.S. was attributed to use of a job-bid system for transfers; integrated skill formation was controlled by supervisors…

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…

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)

Review of organizational history, interviews with 36 human resources staff, and 110 employee survey responses in an investment bank examined the extent to which external hiring and collapsed career ladders affected careers. The mixture of entry- and midlevel hiring, career progression, and two different midlevel labor markets contradicted…

A telephone survey of 1,498 workers analyzed job mobility rates through 3 models: reward-resource, limited opportunity, and vacancy competition. It was found that (1) education increases job mobility; (2) gender and race affect mobility channels rather than mobility rates; and (3) dualistic accounts of labor market structures tend to conflate…