NCJ Number
159067
Journal
Newsletter Issue: 3 Dated: (November 1995) Pages: 4-5
Date Published
1995
Length
2 pages
Annotation
This study of 50 police teams and 49 nursing teams compared differences in the treatment and acceptance of women; it was hypothesized that women who were part of a very small minority would experience disadvantages compared with women who were part of a larger minority and that males who were part of a very small minority would experience advantages compared with men who were part of a larger minority.
Abstract
The study also hypothesized that a male majority in tilted groups would more often resist a growing number of female colleagues than a male majority in skewed groups and that a female majority in tilted groups would not more often resist a growing number of male colleagues than a female majority in skewed groups. A total of 297 people were interviewed who ranged in age from 27 to 54 years; 100 police officers and 49 nursing supervisors were interviewed. Findings revealed that policewomen in skewed groups experienced disadvantages when compared with policewomen in tilted groups, whereas male nurses in skewed groups experienced advantages when compared with male nurses in tilted groups. Results also showed that attitudes of the male majority toward sharing their domain changed from neutral to resistant, whereas attitudes of the female majority changed from favorable to neutral. In police teams, women generally supported each other and got along well.