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ERIC Number: EJ616049
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Gender Discrimination and Job-Related Outcomes: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Working Women in the United States and China.
Shaffer, Margaret A.; Joplin, Janice R. W.; Bell, Myrtle P.; Lau, Theresa; Oguz, Ceyda
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v57 n3 p395-427 Dec 2000
Gender discrimination (sexual harassment and use of gender in job decisions--gender evaluation) was compared using data from 583 working women in the United States, China, and Hong Kong. Discrimination negatively affected job satisfaction, commitment, and stress. Harassment was more significant in the United States, unwanted attention in China, and gender evaluation in Hong Kong. (Contains 86 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Employed Women, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China; Hong Kong; United States