The Family, the Workplace, and Work Technology: An Integrated Model of Class Identification among Women Office Workers.

Carter, Valerie J.

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ERIC Number: EJ487435

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Family, the Workplace, and Work Technology: An Integrated Model of Class Identification among Women Office Workers.

Carter, Valerie J.

Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v21 n3 p308-34 Aug 1994

Responses of university administrative support workers (n=292) showed that job and workplace characteristics are important predictors of class identity for women. Although greater use of video display terminals is linked with working-class identity, workers form a more middle-class identity the longer an office has been automated. (SK)

Descriptors: Employed Women, Family Work Relationship, Middle Class, Office Automation, Office Occupations, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Working Class

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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