Journal article
We (Have to) Try Harder: Gender and Required Work Effort in Britain and the United States
Gender & society, Vol.21(6), pp.828-856
12/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100462
Abstract
Across three decades in both Britain and the United States, surveys indicate that women must work harder than men do. Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce (U.K.) and the 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce (U.S.), the authors investigate two possible explanations for this gap in reports of required effort: gender differences in job characteristics and family responsibilities. In multivariate ordered logistic regressions, extensive measures of job characteristics do not explain the difference between women and men. Family obligations, as well, account for little or none of the gap. The authors argue that the association between gender and reported required work effort is best interpreted as reflecting stricter performance standards imposed on women, even when women and men hold the same jobs. The authors discuss alternative interpretations and implications for research.
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- Title
- We (Have to) Try Harder
- Creators
- Elizabeth H Gorman - University of VirginiaJulie A Kmec - Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Gender & society, Vol.21(6), pp.828-856
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- Identifiers
- 99900546565301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article