CRAFTWORKERS AND CLERKS: THE EFFECT OF MALE CO-WORKER HOSTILITY ON WOMEN'S SATISFACTION WITH NON-TRADITIONAL JOBS.

This article presents information on the study of the hostility of male co-workers towards women working in non-traditional blue collar jobs. This paper compares full-time women workers in traditionally male blue-collar jobs to those in predominantly female, lower white-collar positions within a single, large company, using five dimensions of job satisfaction pay, work content, promotion opportunity, co-workers and supervisors. Authors Brigid O'Farrell and Sharon L. Harlan compares the blue and white-collar women's degree of satisfaction with coworkers and other job aspects and then the relative importance they attribute to these job aspects. They measure the blue-collar women's perception of male co-worker hostility Third, controlling for demographic characteristics and job type, we measure the effect of perceived co-workers' attitudes on the five dimensions of women's job satisfaction The analysis supports the feminist critique of traditional explanations for women's work motivations Our conclusions demonstrate the implications of this research for theories of job segregation and for equal employment policy.