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Gender and occupational outcomes : longitudinal
assessments of individual, social, and cultural influences
Edited by Helen M.G. Watt and Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2008
ISBN: 9781433803109
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Book description
Despite concentrated research and important legislative
milestones on gender equality over the past quarter-century, gender-related
disparities in science, technology, and math careers persist into the 21st
century. This persistence sustains a troubling state of gender inequity in
which women are not sharing in the salary and status advantages attached to
scientific and technical careers. In this landmark volume, editors Watt and
Eccles, both well known for their research contributions in this area,
compile a rich source of longitudinal analysis that places the problem in
context. Experts from different countries in the fields of developmental and
social psychology, human development, biology, education, and sociology draw
on multi-wave longitudinal data on the gender-related variables that
influence occupational outcomes. Together, the studies bring a variety of
perspectives, theoretical models, and cultural settings to bear on the
book's central questions. Further, the book examines the implications these
results have for policy, suggesting which circumstances may be most
conducive to promoting a more comprehensive and realistic understanding of
gender differences in career choice and persistence. Detailed explanations
of study design will serve as a resource for future researchers in this
area.
About the author
Dr. Helen M. G. Watt (Faculty of Education, Monash
University, Australia) received her PhD from the University of Sydney in
2002 for which she received national and international awards. She has
subsequently received early career researcher awards both in Australia
and overseas. Helen has served on the Faculties of Macquarie University,
the University of Sydney, University of Western Sydney, and the
University of Michigan. She has been active in professional associations
including executive and leadership positions in the Australian
Association for Research in Education, and New South Wales Institute for
Educational Research. She holds editorial responsibilities for the
Journal of Experimental Education, Equal Opportunities International,
and the Australian Journal of Education. Her interests include
motivation, mathematics education, gendered educational and occupational
choices, motivations for teaching, teacher self-efficacy, and research
methodology.
Dr. Jacquelynne S. Eccles (McKeachie Collegiate Professor of
Psychology) received her PhD from UCLA in 1974 and has served on the
faculty at Smith College, the University of Colorado, and the University
of Michigan. In 1998-99, she was the Interim Chair of Psychology at the
University of Michigan. She also chaired the MacArthur Foundation
Network on Successful Pathways through Middle Childhood and was a member
of the MacArthur Research Network on Successful Pathways through
Adolescence. She was SRA (Society for Research on Adolescence) program
chair in 1996, has served on the SRA Council, and is now Past-President
of SRA. She was also Program Chair and President for Division 35 of APA,
and chair of the NAS Committee on After School Programs for Youth.
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