Explaining women's employment patterns: 'orientations to work' revisited

被引:203
作者
Crompton, R [1 ]
Harris, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Sociol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
关键词
women; employment; occupational segregation; cross-national; work orientations;
D O I
10.2307/591266
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Explanations of the persisting differences in the structure of men's and women's employment have long been debated in the social sciences. Sociological explanations have tended to stress the continuing significance of structural constraints on women's employment opportunities, which persist despite the removal of formal barriers. Neoclassical economists, in contrast, have emphasized the significance of individual choice, an argument which has been recently endorsed by Hakim who suggests that patterns of occupational segregation reflect the outcome of the choices made by different 'types' of women. In this paper, a previous debate relating to the explanatory utility of men's 'orientations to work' is used to argue that employment structures are the outcome of both choice and constraint, and that this is the case for women, as well as men. The argument is illustrated with evidence from cross-nationally comparative biographical interviews carried out in five countries.
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