Job Attribute Preferences: Are There Gender Differences‪?‬

ABSTRACT This study examines job attribute preferences of women and men through the use of a study including 120 college students in a four-year university in a suburban northeast area. Results are compared to those of a similar study conducted in the early 1980s. While some differences remain, most sex differences have decreased since the previous study. Women in the current study rated mental aspects of work such as the use of knowledge and skills and intellectual stimulation higher than did men. They also gave higher ratings to social factors including social contribution and meeting and speaking with others. Both men and women in the current study rated ample leisure time as being more important than did those in the previous study.