PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Glass Ceiling, Sex Segregation, Job Satisfaction
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Women"s labor force participation has increased dramatically in recent decades, especially among mothers of young children. Women now comprise half of the work force. One way to examine the occupational choices of men and women is to look at the occupations that employ the fewest of women and the greatest number of women. The 20 occupations with the lowest percentage of women are in just four groups, sometimes called. Hard hat occupations: construction (installation, maintenance), repair, production and transportation (material moving). The 20 occupations with the greatest concentration of women are similarly clustered in a few groups, principally healthy care, office and administrative work, teaching, and caring for young children. The workplace continues to be characterized by significant sex segregation, with men tending to dominate the most high-paying and prestigious occupations such as medicine, engineering, and banking globally. More employers today are cutting costs by hiring part-time or temporary workers, who are paid less and have minimal or no benefits.
