{"title":"About the Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/009392857852008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009392857852008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"255 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/009392857852008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64916530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Cook, S. C. Clark, K. Roberts, Elizabeth Semeonoff
{"title":"Are White-Collar Trade Unionists Different?","authors":"F. Cook, S. C. Clark, K. Roberts, Elizabeth Semeonoff","doi":"10.1177/009392857852005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009392857852005","url":null,"abstract":"This paper, based on a broader investigation into class imagery, examines the attitudes of white- and blue-collar workers to certain aspects of trade unionism. The authors conclude that there are basic similarities in the attitudes of both groups of workers and that the differences that do exist may have been exaggerated by previous writers. In particular, the authors question the validity of the distinction between white-collar individualistic and blue-collar collectivistic responses to work and unionism. They argue that their data suggest that both sets of workers may be instrumentally collective with respect to trade unionism in that they tend to regard it as an instrument for the achievement of individualistic goals.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"235 - 245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/009392857852005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64916489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex Differences in Occupational Aspirations and Expectations","authors":"M. Marini, E. Greenberger","doi":"10.1177/009392857852001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009392857852001","url":null,"abstract":"The research reported in this paper examines sex differences in the prestige and sex-type of occupational aspirations and expectations held by adolescents. Sex differences in the discrepancy between aspirations and expectations are examined, and the effects of socioeconomic background and academic achievement on the unmeasured construct of occupational ambition are compared for the two sexes. The study is based on a random sample of eleventh-grade students in Pennsylvania. The findings indicate that: (I) occupational aspirations and expectations held by adolescents are highly differentiated by sex according to the pattern of sexual segregation in the occupational structure; (2) boys aspire to and expect higher levels of occupational attainment than girls; (3) boys' occupational aspirations and expectations are characterized by greater variability than those of girls; (4) the discrepancy between the prestige of occupations aspired to and expected is greater for girls than boys at higher levels of aspiration; (5) there is no difference in the sex-type of occupations aspired to and expected by boys, but girls are more likely to aspire to male-dominated occupations than to expect they will enter them; and (6) both socioeconomic background and academic achievement have a greater effect on occupational ambition for boys than girls, although these variables have a greater effect on girls than has been found in previous studies.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"147 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/009392857852001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64916874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship between Perceived Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction among Occupational Status Groups","authors":"P. Voydanoff","doi":"10.1177/009392857852002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009392857852002","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzes the relationship between perceived job characteristics and job satisfaction among a national probability sample of 1,533 workers in five occupational-status groups. Multiple regression analyses determine the relative importance of several perceived job characteristics in relation to job satisfaction among workers in different occupational groups. Self-expression, role strain, and financial rewards-promotion are related to job satisfaction in all occupational groups although their relative importance varies among groups. The results indicate that both intrinsic and extrinsic job characteristics contribute to overall job satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"179 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/009392857852002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64916913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some High Hopes from the New Editor","authors":"M. Haug","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"3 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65326381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Career Continuity and Retirement Plans of Men and Women Physicians","authors":"J. Quadagno","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500104","url":null,"abstract":"Three related assumptions concerning the relationship of u omen to work and retirement shown to be prevalent in the literature were examined among a sample of practicing phy sicians between the ages of 55 and 70. None of them were shown to be valid assumptions for this particular sample. It was demonstrated that older male and female physicians were equally likely to have had irregular work histories. For men these were due to historical circumstances, such as war, whereas the career interruptions of women were related to their basic social identity as wives and mothers. It was also shown that both male andfemale physicians derive their ideas about the meaning of work from the medical culture which defines intrinsic rewards as most satisfying. This, in turn, affects the ability to make realistic plans for retirement, since being active and being dedicated are both values that conflict with assumptions ph ysicians make about retirement. Becker's definition of the concept of commitment was reexamined, and an attempt was made to clarify the relationship between career continuity and commitment.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"55 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65326564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distinguishing Machines","authors":"C. Mukerji","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500107","url":null,"abstract":"The analyvsis in this paper suggests that when technology users define some kinds of machines as better than others for their work, they construct a scarcity of \"good\" equipment. This socialli' defined scarcity encourages users to struggle to get access to \"good\" equipment and to treat those with access to it as elites. To make this case the author uses participant observation data on film schools and student access to film-making equipment.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"57 1","pages":"113 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65326875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex Differences in the Determinants of Occupational Status","authors":"S. Mclaughlin","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500102","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the equivalence of occupational status as it is assigned to typically male andfemale occupations. An argument is developed for the conceptualization of occupational status as a function of the nature of the occupational task. A determination is then made of the extent to which these occupational tasks contribute to occupational status and a comparison is made of the size of the contribution for male and female occupations. The findings suggest that the occupational task characteristics predict status scores relatively well and make substantially different contributions to status depending on the sex identification of the occupation. The implications of this findingfor the validity of recent research comparing the male and female status attainment process are discussed.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"54 1","pages":"30 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65326437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relations Between Work Habits, Research Technologies, and Eminence in Science","authors":"L. Hargens","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500106","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines relations between the work habits of academic scientists and measures of scholarly eminence and productivity. Data for 549 facult' members in three disciplines in U. S. universities are examined in order to test previous arguments on the topic. Results are presented which are consistent with the hypothesis that associations between work habits and scholarly output vary with the level of predictability or routine in research work. To the extent that this level is a consequence of the underlying pattern of social integration in a scientificfield, these results imply that an understanding of scientific creativity andproductivity presupposes an understanding of patterns of social integration in science.","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"112 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65327086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About the Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/003803857800500109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857800500109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85554,"journal":{"name":"Sociology of work and occupations","volume":"5 1","pages":"143 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/003803857800500109","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65327621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}