Examines whether vocational rehabilitation counselors’ vocational suggestions and salary predictions for hypothetical clients are influenced by the client's sex. Half the subjects were presented with biographical data about a male client while the other half were presented with identical biographical data about a female client. Subjects tended to suggest sex-stereotypical jobs for both sexes, and tended, on the average, to predict that women would start at lower salaries and that they would be earning less money than men after five years at the job.
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