What Sex is Your Parachute

Interest Inventory/Counseling Models and the Perpetuation of the Sex/Wage Segregation of the Labor Market

Bibliographic Data

ID2362789
AuthorsHelen A Moore (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author), Jane C Ollenburger (East Carolina University)
Year1986
Volume13
Issue4
Pages511-531
Publication date1986-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888486013004004
OpenAlexW2015746315
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

This article explores the 'gender model' of job research instruments that are based on the Holland Occupational Classification scheme. The six Holland 'environments' constitute a ubiquitous base for tests and measures in career counseling and research. Analysis of the 1973 Quality of Employment Survey provides evidence that the Holland Classification scheme replicates the segmentation of women into certain occupations that generate low pay, even after controlling for worker education, job tenure, and age. Comparable data for male wage earners show a significant segregation away from low-income, predominantly female occupations. Thus the Holland occupational scheme and the instruments based upon it are likely to contribute to the replication of sex-segregated labor markets. The findings suggest that current models of 'work' and job counseling tests and techniques may reinforce, rather than eliminate, the economic disadvantages for women

Classification scheme · Data science · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Occupational mobility · Wage · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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