Occupational prestige can be viewed as a hierarchical social structure of an aggregate of jobs or as a form of social closure practiced by individuals who hold prestigious positions. Most of the general public can easily identify which occupations hold the most prestige. The North-Hatt prestige study and Duncan's Socioeconomic Index are the foundational studies for occupational prestige. However, these studies neglected to consider the intersection of gender in their prestige studies;... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 7p.