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Despite concentrated research and important legislative milestones on gender equality over the past quarter-century, gender-related disparities in science, technology, and math careers persist into the 21st century. This persistence sustains a troubling state of gender inequity in which women are not sharing in the salary and status advantages attached to scientific and technical careers. In this landmark volume, editors Watt and Eccles, both well known for their research contributions in this area, compile a rich source of longitudinal analysis that places the problem in context.Experts from different countries in the fields of developmental and social psychology, human development, biology, education, and sociology draw on multi-wave longitudinal data on the gender-related variables that influence occupational outcomes. Together, the studies bring a variety of perspectives, theoretical models, and cultural settings to bear on the book's central questions. Further, the book examines the implications these results have for policy, suggesting which circumstances may be most conducive to promoting a more comprehensive and realistic understanding of gender differences in career choice and persistence. Detailed explanations of study design will serve as a resource for future researchers in this area.
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An international team of researchers interested in gender equity in high-status, high-salary careers has gathered to contribute to this mother of all meta-study volumes. Edited by Watt (Monash Univ., Australia) and Eccles (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), this hefty collection focuses on the question of why women have been consistently underrepresented in so-called "STEM disciplines" (science, technology, engineering, and math) despite the best efforts of curricular reforms and intervention strategies. By keying in on gendered occupational outcomes, the editors hope that "levers for change" can be identified through a thorough examination of longitudinal research and, by implication, applied systematically to influence future occupational outcomes across the industrialized globe. Topics include the role of math achievement as a factor in attaining high-status careers; females' motivation, aspiration, and persistence in male-dominated careers; family and parental influences on career choices; and social and institutional factors impacting occupational outcomes. Data are presented in the form of regression analyses, psychometric models, and descriptive statistics. This volume contains a comprehensive subject index, and a bonus for those who love biblio-mining, an author index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate and research collections. G. E. Leaf Washington State University
