Margaret L Cassidy

Biographic Data

ID102360
NAMEMargaret L Cassidy
GIVEN NAMESMargaret L
FAMILY NAMECassidy
SIGNATURECASSIDY M L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS36
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
H-INDEX1

  • Special Reviewers

    Open AccessJoyce Abma, Alan Acock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2005

  • Contesting the Market

    Margaret L Cassidy, Deborah M Figart et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1999

  • She Works/He Works

    Margaret L Cassidy, Rosalind C Barnett et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1998

  • Family Employment Status and Gender Role Attitudes

    Open AccessMargaret L Cassidy, Bruce O WarrenARTICLEGender & Society1996Cited by: 35References: 31

    Data from 590 college graduates are used to assess the relationship between family employment status and gender role attitudes for a predominately European American sample. The women in this study are employed full time, part time, or are full-time homemakers, and all report being married to men employed full time. The men in the study are all employed full time and report having wives who are employed full time, part time, or are full-time homem…

  • Status Consistency and Work Satisfaction Among Professional and Managerial Women and Men

    Open AccessMargaret L Cassidy, Bruce O WarrenARTICLEGender & Society1991Cited by: 1References: 11

    This study examined whether holding a status-consistent or status-inconsistent position (based on the gender of respondents and the percentage of women and men in their occupation nationally) affected the work satisfaction of college-educated, white-collar employees. The status-consistent group contained 128 women and 118 men. The status-inconsistent group was composed of 89 women and 102 men. Our results indicated that workers in occupations in …

  • A Critical Review of Family Sociology Textbooks

    Nancy A Greenwood, Nancy Greenwood et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1990

    In 1986 we published a review of 13 marriage and family textbooks in an attempt to help instructors select high-quality texts that suit their courses and students (Greenwood and Cassidy 1986). We also wanted to demonstrate to the publishing industry that we are an educated clientele who require a superior product. In this tradition, our present purpose is to review critically texts that are available for use in upper-division family sociology cou…

  • The Study of Polyandry

    Margaret L Cassidy, Gary R LeeARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…1989

    Polyandry, the marriage of woman to two or more men, is a rare form of marriage that has engendered much controversy and speculation. This paper examines how certain ethnocentric and/ or androcentric biases have hindered the objective study of polyandry and explanations for its existence. A synthesis of the characteristics shared by polyandrous societies is also presented, in order to further our understanding of the conditions under which polyan…

  • A Review of Introductory Marriage and Family Texts

    Nancy A Greenwood, Nancy Greenwood et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1986

    Each year a dozen or so new texts are available to instructors of marriage and family courses. These texts have a wide market including courses in adult education, health education, nursing, child and family studies, psychology, and, of course, sociology. Others have argued the importance of text selection for teaching and learning (Goldsmid and Wilson 1980). Because texts are so important, our primary purpose in this paper is to provide a useful…