SEX AND JOB ORIENTATION

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Summary: Three samples, each divided into males and females, were asked to indicate to what degree some job characteristics were important to them. The job characteristics represented both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In the first sample (40 male and 44 female university students) there was no sex difference in job orientation. Both selected the intrinsic factors more than the extrinsic factors.There was also no sex difference in the second sample, which consisted of 68 male and 33 female public school teachers. They, however, stressed as many intrinsic factors as extrinsic.The general results of the third sample showed significant sex differences. The sample of 259 male and 143 female employees represented a technical division of a large service‐oriented organization. Education and job level were significantly different for the two subgroups. When these two variables were controlled for a sample of clerks and of first‐level supervisors, no sex difference appeared in job orientation. The results also showed that the higher the job level, the more intrinsically‐oriented the employees were regardless of their sex.

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