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Constructing and validating variables to measure attitudes of women entering the military craft skills

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Behavioral measures of role stereotypes and socialization factors are developed through a factor analytic approach to validate prior-constructed variables for a study of over 1,700 women entering previously male-dominated military craft skills. The analysis confirms previously published findings relating perceived job performance to the existence of stereotypic behavior.

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  1. John R. Adams

    Present address: Department of Management and Marketing, School of Business, Western Carolina University, 28723, Cullowhee, North Carolina

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  1. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, USA

    John R. Adams

  2. Air Force Institute of Technology, USA

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Adams, J.R., Lawrence, F.P. Constructing and validating variables to measure attitudes of women entering the military craft skills. Sex Roles 8, 169–184 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287921

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