PSYC 365 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Peoples Energy, Effect Size, Occupational Segregation
10 Oct 2017
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Fact: 13 million of 71 million families in the u. s. are maintained by women. Fact: working wives contribute 29% of family income. Stereotype: men characterized by more agency (getting the job done) and women characterized by more communion (interpersonal skills) Fact: in fortune 500 corporations, women were 40% of the executives/managers. Stereotypes about women and work: women are working only for a little extra money, a woman who is really ambitious and qualified can get ahead anyway. Fact: women make 80 cents for every male dollar (given same education, job, experience: leaders are men. (goldberg, 1968 replication of pheterson et al. , 1971) even when the work of a female was identical to that of a male, it was still judged to be inferior. (swim et al. , 1989) little evidence of bias in the evaluation of women"s work; d = -0. 07. (greenhaus & parasuraman, 1993) impact of race and gender on work evaluations.
