TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Differences in Career Decision Making
T2 - The Content and Structure of Preferences
AU - Gati, Itamar
AU - Osipow, Samuel H.
AU - Givon, Michal
PY - 1995/4
Y1 - 1995/4
N2 - To identify possible sources of the observed differences in the career choices of women and men, three facets of career preferences were examined: the relative importance attributed to career-related aspects, the within-aspect preferences (i.e., desirable characteristics of occupations), and the structure of aspects derived from these within-aspect preferences. The career-related preferences of 2,000 young adults who were in the process of making their career decisions were analyzed. These career-related preferences were elicited during their dialogues with a computer-assisted career guidance system. The analyses revealed (a) only small gender differences in the relative importance of the aspects, (b) considerable gender differences in the within-aspect preferences, and (c) certain gender differences in the structure of aspects. The findings and their possible theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - To identify possible sources of the observed differences in the career choices of women and men, three facets of career preferences were examined: the relative importance attributed to career-related aspects, the within-aspect preferences (i.e., desirable characteristics of occupations), and the structure of aspects derived from these within-aspect preferences. The career-related preferences of 2,000 young adults who were in the process of making their career decisions were analyzed. These career-related preferences were elicited during their dialogues with a computer-assisted career guidance system. The analyses revealed (a) only small gender differences in the relative importance of the aspects, (b) considerable gender differences in the within-aspect preferences, and (c) certain gender differences in the structure of aspects. The findings and their possible theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-0167.42.2.204
DO - 10.1037/0022-0167.42.2.204
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AN - SCOPUS:0000046393
SN - 0022-0167
VL - 42
SP - 204
EP - 216
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 2
ER -