Counsellor Bias in Occupational Choice for Female Students

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  • Sharon E. Kahn
  • Alana S. Schroeder

Abstract

To investigate counsellor bias in occupational choice for female students, six short case studies were employed that could describe either a male or a female. Two hundred randomly selected school counsellors in British Columbia were asked to select three appropriate occupations for each case subject. When the case study described a female, the counsellors chose occupations that paid less and were more closely supervised than when the same case study described a male.

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2012-03-30

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Kahn, S. E., & Schroeder, A. S. (2012). Counsellor Bias in Occupational Choice for Female Students. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 14(3). Retrieved from https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/rcc/article/view/60336

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