Gender and the career choice process: The role of biased self-assessments
Gender and the career choice process: The role of biased self-assessments
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DOI：
10.1086/321299
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Correll, SJ
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作者：
Correll, SJ
本文发展了一个供应方机制，关于性别的文化信念如何不同地影响男性和女性的早期职业相关的决定。关于性别的文化信念被认为是偏见个人的看法，他们的能力在各种职业相关的任务，控制实际能力。在某种程度上，个人在做出职业决定时会根据性别差异的观念行事，关于性别的文化信念会将男子和妇女引向截然不同的职业方向。通过考虑性别对数学的信念如何影响个人对自己的数学能力的评估来评估这些假设，这反过来又导致了在科学，数学或工程职业道路上坚持决策的性别差异。
This article develops a supply-side mechanism about how cultural beliefs about gender differentially influence the early career-relevant decisions of men and women. Cultural beliefs about gender are argued to bias individuals' perceptions of their competence at various career-relevant tasks, controlling for actual ability. To the extent that individuals then act on gender-differentiated perceptions when making career decisions, cultural beliefs about gender channel men and women in substantially different career directions. The hypotheses are evaluated by considering how gendered beliefs about mathematics impact individuals' assessments of their own mathematical competence, which, in turn, leads to gender differences in decisions to persist on a path toward a career in science, math, or engineering.