Another important stressor for employed women is the lack of career progress. While this is a potential stressor for all employees, it is particularly problematic for women because they are clustered in the lower levels of the hierarchy. An explanation for this finding is that stereotypes and biases of male decision-makers prevent women's career advancement. One of the major predictors of coronary heart disease among female clerical workers was decreased job mobility. Furthermore, women reported more job changes but fewer promotions than did men, indicating that their upward mobility may be severely constrained.
Education is another way to decrease occupational segregation.
While organizations recognize the costs of stress to women, researchers and authors have suggested a wide range of strategies aimed at preventing or eliminating women's experience of work stress. Promote benefit programs of special interest to women. Eliminate occupational segregation. Produce a bias-free job evaluation program. Provide equal starting salaries for jobs of equal value.