Sex Structuring in Academic Libraries: Searching for Explanations.

Swisher, Robert; Du Mont, Rosemary Ruhig

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Publication Date: 1984

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Sex Structuring in Academic Libraries: Searching for Explanations.

Swisher, Robert; Du Mont, Rosemary Ruhig

Library Quarterly, v54 n2 p137-56 Apr 1984

This study of 357 academic librarians concludes that, even when professional characteristics (education, experience, publications, professional activity) are equal, women do not hold administrative positions in proportion to their numbers. Educational attainment is most important factor in reducing magnitude of relationship between sex and type of library activity. (Twenty-one references.) (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Career Ladders, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Administration, Occupational Surveys, Promotion (Occupational), Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Sex, Tables (Data)

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