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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED103604 AUTHOR: Lyle, Jerolyn R.; Ross, Jane L.
TITLE: Women in Industry: Employment Patterns of Women in
Corporate America.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1973
NOTE: 157 p.
AVAILABILITY: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath and Co., 125
Spring Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 ($11.00)
ABSTRACT: A research study, the book focuses on the type of
jobs which women hold in large industrial firms and the
extent of occupational discrimination which they face in
the
job market. To investigate the nature of occupational
discrimination, the authors studied the relationships among
30 characteristics of 246 firms, of which 188 were
industrial and 58 nonindustrial companies. Banks and
insurance firms were excluded from the sample. An important
finding was that industrial sector center firms, those with
the largest numbers of employees and highest asset levels,
practiced less occupational discrimination toward women
than
smaller or peripheral firms. Among nonindustrial firms,
those with more diversification in output and with suburban
locations exhibited less occupational discrimination than
highly specialized firms and firms with central city
locations. Extensive interviews with male and female
managers in several large firms revealed that employee
resistance to female supervisors was one problem inhibiting
entry of women at the managerial level. Examination of
Federal equal employment programs indicated additional
budget and staff were needed for more effective affirmative
action and equal employment. Ideas for further research on
occupational discrimination are offered in the concluding
chapter. A 32-page annotated bibliography of readings on
women also is included. (Author/EA)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrators-; Annotated-Bibliographies;
Economic-Factors; Government-Role; Labor-Economics; Social
Bias; Social-Influences; Tables-Data
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employed-Women; *Employment-Patterns;
*Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Industry-; *Sex-Discrimination
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