TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender, Working Conditions and the Job Satisfaction of Women in a Non‐Traditional Occupation
T2 - Female Correctional Officers in Men's Prisons
AU - Jurik, Nancy
AU - Halemba, Gregory J.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Despite the recent interest in women working in nontraditional occupations, few analyses have systematically compared the work‐related attitudes of such women with those of men holding the same positions. This article presents an exploratory analysis, drawing hypotheses from the “gender” and “job” models described by Feldberg and Glenn (1979), to compare work‐related attitudes among male and female correctional officers. Data drawn from a survey of male and female correctional officers working at the same prison facility (three male and one female units) are utilized to contrast the importance of gender, with experiences on the job as determinants of job satisfaction. The results support the job model, which suggests that the attitudes of working women are a function of their position in the organizational structure and immediate working conditions.
AB - Despite the recent interest in women working in nontraditional occupations, few analyses have systematically compared the work‐related attitudes of such women with those of men holding the same positions. This article presents an exploratory analysis, drawing hypotheses from the “gender” and “job” models described by Feldberg and Glenn (1979), to compare work‐related attitudes among male and female correctional officers. Data drawn from a survey of male and female correctional officers working at the same prison facility (three male and one female units) are utilized to contrast the importance of gender, with experiences on the job as determinants of job satisfaction. The results support the job model, which suggests that the attitudes of working women are a function of their position in the organizational structure and immediate working conditions.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1984.tb00209.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1984.tb00209.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84983991327
SN - 0038-0253
VL - 25
SP - 551
EP - 566
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -