WOMEN IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: OPENING UP THE SMALL WORLD.
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Title
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WOMEN IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: OPENING UP THE SMALL WORLD.
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Identifier
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AAI8801686
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identifier
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8801686
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Creator
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CAREY, MARTHA ANN.
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Contributor
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Florence L. Denmark
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial
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Abstract
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The social structure of the professions has been pressured to adapt to the marked increase in women entering the professions. Changes in the social structure in psychology were examined by analyzing informal communication network data collected in 1977 and in 1986, using the Small World technique. Results indicate that women have not been well integrated into the dominant networks, as indicated by their position in chains and the status of the chain target. Important gender differences in professional connections were observed in the relationships between sender and receiver. Women continue to use social ties while men use collegial ties for this task in a professional context. In selecting a person with the best connections for this task, women select other women far more often than their ratio in psychology. Gender differences were also noted in career stage effects as male disproportionately chose females newer to the profession, and females disproportionately chose males who had been in the profession longer. Though men and women were equally effective in completing this networking task, the task itself may not be sophisticated enough to assess all relevant network qualities.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
