Men, Women, and Money: Exploring the Role of Gender, Gender-Linkage of College Major and Career-Information Sources in Salary Expectations

Examined the role that sources of career information (e.g., professors, family) play in shaping college students' salary expectations. Results suggest differences in entry level salary expectations were associated with gender and gender-linkage of college major; women gathered more information...

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Published in:Sex roles 1996-06, Vol.34 (11-12), p.823-839
Main Authors: Sumner, Kenneth E, Brown, Theresa J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Career development planning
Career Pathways
College Majors
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Exhibits
Expectation
Expectations
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Differences
Income Inequality
Information Seeking
Information Sources
Majors (Students)
Males
Miscellaneous
Occupational psychology
Postsecondary Education
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Resistance (Psychology)
Salaries
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Sex Differences
Sex roles
Sexual Inequality
Social psychology
Social research
Social role. Sex role
Social Science Research
Undergraduate Students
USA
Wages
Wages & salaries
Work Experience
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Summary:Examined the role that sources of career information (e.g., professors, family) play in shaping college students' salary expectations. Results suggest differences in entry level salary expectations were associated with gender and gender-linkage of college major; women gathered more information from female sources than did men; and career information was not predictive of either entry or peak salary expectations. (GR)
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/BF01544318