Sex Segregation and Women at Work: A Selective Review
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Applied Psychology
- Vol. 37 (2) , 103-120
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.1988.tb01130.x
Abstract
Le théme des femmes et du travail est apparu récemment pour attirer l'attention sur la part importante de la main‐d'oeuvre que constituent les femmes et pour explorer leurs expériences et leurs problèmes. Un bilan D.C. la littérature montre que l'étude des femmes au travail diffère de façon significative de l'étude générate du comportement (masculin) au travail. Ce bilan recouvre quatre thèmes: les changements démographiques des statuts des femmes au travail, leur place dans l'organisation, leurs problèmes professionnels et les rapports du travail et de la famille. La première de ces questions, les changements démographiques des statuts des femmes au travail, englobe quelques recherches en provenance de l'Europe de l'Ouest et de l'U.R.S.S., tandis que les trois autres ne font guère appel qu'à des travaux réalisés aux U.S.A. La différenciation du travail selon le sexe est une donnée commune à ces quatre thèmes. La ségrégation sexuelle est une notion théorique riche qui se retrouve dans tous les domaines de recherche concernant les femmes au travail.The topic of women and work has emerged in recent years to call attention to the large portion of the labour force made up of women and their experiences and problems. A review of the literature shows that the study of women at work differs from the general study of (male) work behaviour in significant ways. The present review covers four topics: demographic changes in the status of women at work, placement in the workplace, work and family interdependence, and problems in the workplace. The first topic, demographic changes in the status of women at work, includes some findings from Western Europe and the Soviet Union whereas the other three areas rely almost exclusively on research done in the U.S.A. A common theme that permeates all four topics is the sex‐segregated nature of work. A theoretically powerful concept, sex segregation has implications for all areas of research on women at work.This publication has 44 references indexed in Scilit:
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