explaining women's inroads into male occupations /
Barbara F. Reskin, Patricia A. Roos ; with case studies by Katharine M. Donato [and others].
Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1990.
xii, 388 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
Women in the political economy
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-369) and indexes.
Occupational sex segregation: persistence and change -- Queueing and changing occupational composition -- Consequences of desegregation: occupational integration and economic equity? -- Culture, commerce, and gender: the feminization of book editing / Barbara F. Reskin -- Industrial and occupational change in pharmacy: prescription for feminization / Polly A. Phipps -- Keepers of the corporate image: women in public relations / Katharine M. Donato -- High finance, small change: women's increased representation in bank management / Chloe E. Bird -- Programming for change? the growing demand for women systems analysts / Katharine M. Donato -- Women's gains in insurance sales: increased supply, uncertain demand / Barbara J. Thomas -- A woman's place is selling homes: occupational change and the feminization of real estate sales / Barbara J. Thomas and Barbara F. Reskin -- Occupational resegregation among insurance adjusters and examiners / Polly A. Phipps -- Women behind bars: the feminization of bartending / Linda A. Detman -- Baking and baking off: deskilling and the changing sex makeup of bakers / Thomas Steiger and Barbara F. Reskin -- Hot-metal to electronic composition: gender, technology, and social change / Patricia A. Roos -- Summary, implications, and prospects -- Appendix: Guidelines used for occupational case studies.