TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in career preferences from 1990 to 2010
T2 - Gaps reduced but not eliminated
AU - Gati, Itamar
AU - Perez, Maya
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - The present research focused on gender differences in career preferences, comparing those in 2010 with those in 1990 (as reported by Gati, Osipow, & Givon, 1995). The tested hypothesis was that gender differences in aspect-based career preferences (e.g., income, teamwork, professional advancement, length of training) would have decreased over the past 20 years. The career preferences of 21,767 young adult women and 15,532 men-who used an Internet-based career guidance system in 2010 to assist them in making a career decision-were analyzed and compared with the respective preferences of 1,252 young adult women and 751 young adult men who used a previous version of the system in 1990. As hypothesized, gender differences were attenuated in most aspects (e.g., professional advancement, management); however, these differences increased in a few aspects (e.g., community service and counseling are increasingly preferred by women). The findings and their implications are discussed.
AB - The present research focused on gender differences in career preferences, comparing those in 2010 with those in 1990 (as reported by Gati, Osipow, & Givon, 1995). The tested hypothesis was that gender differences in aspect-based career preferences (e.g., income, teamwork, professional advancement, length of training) would have decreased over the past 20 years. The career preferences of 21,767 young adult women and 15,532 men-who used an Internet-based career guidance system in 2010 to assist them in making a career decision-were analyzed and compared with the respective preferences of 1,252 young adult women and 751 young adult men who used a previous version of the system in 1990. As hypothesized, gender differences were attenuated in most aspects (e.g., professional advancement, management); however, these differences increased in a few aspects (e.g., community service and counseling are increasingly preferred by women). The findings and their implications are discussed.
KW - Career decision making
KW - Career preferences
KW - Gender differences
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892842393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0034598
DO - 10.1037/a0034598
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C2 - 24188655
AN - SCOPUS:84892842393
SN - 0022-0167
VL - 61
SP - 63
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 1
ER -