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Title: Psychosocial Correlates of Women's Attachment to the Labor Force
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Anderson, Carolyn S. |
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Psychosocial Correlates of Women's Attachment to the Labor Force Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California - Los Angeles, 1991 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Size; Internal-External Attitude; Intrinsic/Extrinsic Rewards; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Racial Differences; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Wages; Women's Roles; Work Attachment This study explores women's attachment to the labor force in term of three major subjective factors: powerlessness, or locus of control; attitudes toward the work role; and intrinsic engagement in work. These are shown to complement the influence of objective factors associated with attachment. Attachment is dependent upon involuntary factors such as those inherent in the structure of part- and full-time labor markets, as well as on individuals' other objective characteristics, including human capital and fertility. Subjective characteristics of workers are grounded in these objective realities, but independently influence labor market behavior under certain conditions. The data are taken from the NLS Mature Women Cohort of the NLS 1967-1984. Methodologies used include anova and stepwise regression procedures, which are performed separately for the white and black cohorts. The most important influence on attachment among black workers is the constraint by education level on entry into jobs which ensure ongoing attachment. Normative belief in the work role, which predicts attachment for both racial cohorts, is relative to socioeconomic status and family characteristics: those with lower wages and more children lack such beliefs. Among white workers, those who perceive that work is economically necessary are more likely to remain attached. For those who lack an economic rationale, attachment has a voluntary aspect. For those who need to work but are unable to secure jobs in industries which ensure attachment, ongoing participation is not always at the worker's own volition. Intrinsic engagement in work is not related to attachment. Other forces, principally the economic needs of many women to support their families, are hypothesized to override lack of intrinsic motivation. |
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Anderson, Carolyn S. Psychosocial Correlates of Women's Attachment to the Labor Force. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California - Los Angeles, 1991. |