Influence of Internal Opportunity Structure and Sex of Worker on Turnover Patterns

September 1979, volume 24 This research identifies the quitting and replacement patterns of some occupations in a state civil service, in order to examine the relevance both of structural limits on advancement opportunity and of worker characteristics upon such patterns and the long-term effects of such patterns on the distribution of men and women. Hypotheses about the effects of minority status in occupations are tested, to see whether the effect of sex of workers on quitting is the same in occupations with different advancement potential.,