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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-74/7
Title and Subtitle: Job-related attitudes of nonjourneyman FAA air traffic controllers and former controllers: a sex comparison
Report Date: August 1974
Authors: Mathews JJ, Collins WE, Cobb BB Jr
Abstract: ATC attrition rates have been investigated recently for sex differences in the proportion of trainees completing FAA Academy training; the percentage of women who subsequently left ATC work was twice that of men. In the present comparison, questionnaires concerning aspects of job-related attitudes were given to 56 male and 56 female former trainees (attritions) who were matched on several variables, and also to a sample of controllers (63 women and 63 matched men) who entered training at the same time as the attritions, but who were still in ATC work (Retentions). The results are reported.
Key Words: Air Traffic Control Work, Employee Attrition, Sex Differences
No. of Pages: 24
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-74/7
Title and Subtitle: Job-related attitudes of nonjourneyman FAA air traffic controllers and former controllers: a sex comparison
Report Date: August 1974
Authors: Mathews JJ, Collins WE, Cobb BB Jr
Abstract: ATC attrition rates have been investigated recently for sex differences in the proportion of trainees completing FAA Academy training; the percentage of women who subsequently left ATC work was twice that of men. In the present comparison, questionnaires concerning aspects of job-related attitudes were given to 56 male and 56 female former trainees (attritions) who were matched on several variables, and also to a sample of controllers (63 women and 63 matched men) who entered training at the same time as the attritions, but who were still in ATC work (Retentions). The results are reported.
Key Words: Air Traffic Control Work, Employee Attrition, Sex Differences
No. of Pages: 24
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