The Determinants of Occupational Gendertyping: Two Experimental Studies of a Model

Most empirical and theoretical research has focused on the consequences, rather than the causes, of occupational gendertyping. This paper reviews and integrates the available literature in a model of the determinants of occupational gendertypes, and presents two studies designed to test portions of the model. The first experiment examined the effects of different types of information about the sex of an occupation's incumbent(s); results revealed that the overall sex composition of an occupation has a substantial influence on its gendertyping, but the sex of a specific job incumbent does not. The second experiment explored the role played by gender stereotype-occupational characteristics congruence in the gendertyping of occupations. Results showed that an occupation's gendertype is affected by the gender stereotypy of its task-related attribute requirements. Results from these studies support many of the model's major propositions; practical implications for modifying occupational gendertypes are also discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Guertler, Elaine Darlene

Contributors dc:contributor

• McGrath, Joe

• Psychology, Social
• Women's Studies
• Psychology, Industrial

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9305542

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72114