Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study (Arnold and Caroline Rose Book Series of the American Sociological Association) - Hardcover

Sonnert, Gerhard; Holton, Gerald James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813521742 ISBN 13: 9780813521749

Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

What determines successful careers in the field of science? What are the early indicators of later failures. And specifically, how do women scientists' career paths differ from men's? While it is easy to theorize about these questions, those who go to the trouble of an extensive empirical study find an increasingly complex picture.

Using the largest database of its kind (699 questionnaires and 200 face-to-face conversations), the authors investigate the career paths of recipients of prestigious postdoctoral fellowships--scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. They outline a theoretical framework for understanding the causes of gender disparities among scientists, test the hypothesis of a gender- specific "glass ceiling," and provide a wealth of pertinent statistical information.

Gender Differences in Science Careers reveals that, as institutional laws changed, patterns of discrimination and exclusion become more subtle. Despite the decline of rigid gender-role socialization, many social practices persist that lead, on average and often in counterintuitive ways, to the accumulation of disadvantages for women scientists. This book is directed to scholars in the social sciences, aspiring and practicing scientists, and administrators interested in equity issues.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0813521742
• ISBN 13: 9780813521749
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 187
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