The author suggests alternatives to chip away at occupational traditionalism and vestigal hang-ups shared by men and women about women in the world of work, and which encourage the development of programs to ensure that equal opportunity will be a reality. Background statistics are presented which indicate that women are increasingly entering the…

School counselors in British Columbia were asked to select three appropriate occupations for each subject in case studies. When the case study described a female, the counselors chose occupations that paid less and were more closely supervised. (Author)

Examines new attitudes and explores impact on career development and life-style preferences of high school students. Data reveal a picture not unlike the present. There are indications that the lot of working women may be easier but some husbands will find the prospect of a working wife difficult to handle. (Author/BEF)

Attempts to explain sex-related wage differentials generally rely on the human capital and segmentation labor market theories. The human capital theory explains individuals' position in the labor market primarily in terms of factors determining their productivity, whereas segmentation theory focuses on differences among jobs as determinants of the…

This book proposes a new, multidisciplinary theory for explaining and predicting current and future patterns of women's choice between employment and family work. Chapters 1 and 2 present main tenets of preference theory and explain the need for the theory. Chapters 3 through 8 elaborate four principal tenets of preference theory. Chapter 3…