In Search of Token Women in Academia”
Some Definitions and Clarifications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12004653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlotta Joyner Young (Institute for Program Evaluation US. General Accounting Office, corresponding author), DORIS LAYTON MacKENZIE (Pennsylvania State University), Carolyn Wood Sherif (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-169 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1983.tb00829.x |
| OpenAlex | W4245531816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article makes an important distinction between two definitions of “token woman.” In the first definition, a token woman is one of few women in a predominantly male setting. The second meaning of “Token Woman” identifies that subset of such women who have made the distinctive psychological adaptation described by Laws (1975). The methodological decisions in Young, MacKenzie, and Sherif's (1980) research are justified as based on that definitional distinction. Constantinople's critique is shown to be appropriate as an alternative to Laws' theory, but not as a criticism of our research. Alternative generational explanations for previous findings about Token Women are not supported by existing data
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |