Administrative assistants within the higher education system are a vital part of universities, including supporting students, faculty, and administrators. Although administrative assistants are essential to a college or university, they often lack recognition and salary support for their contributions. This applied qualitative study seeks to…

Hierarchical control of skilled performance depends on chunking of several lower-level units into a single higher-level unit. The present study examined the relationship between chunking and recognition of trained materials in the context of typewriting. In 3 experiments, participants were trained with typing nonwords and were later tested on…

Established in 1911 as a simple owner-operated commercial school in Providence, Rhode Island, the Katharine Gibbs School expanded over the decades to acquire an international reputation for excellence in secretarial training. This essay examines the origin, development, and ultimate demise of the chain, placing it within the context of the…

An extensive commitment to nonwork roles was negatively associated with the job performance of 182 women legal secretaries. In addition to its direct negative effect on job performance, nonwork role commitment had both a negative indirect effect (through emotional energy expended on nonwork roles) and a positive indirect effect (through resources…

Examines the intrusion of female employees into the traditionally male domain of office work from 1860 to 1914. Shows that sex-specific segregation was supported by a lack of training facilities for girls and by fact that these facilities supported the dominant sex-role structure. Focuses on the development of vocational schools for girls.…

Outlines a brief history of the unionization of business and office occupations as well as the contributions of feminist organizations, trade associations, legislative bodies, and wage equity groups toward the achievement of equitable pay for women in office occupations. Also discusses what educators can do to aid business students in the pursuit…

Longitudinal interviews with six Australian women taking a community college certification course revealed the forms of social support they received. Different types of support were provided by family and by college friends. (SK)

Clerical worker education tends to focus on socializing students for success. It should also examine the workplace organization and reward structure to prepare students to recognize and challenge social and economic inequities related to job value and job security. (SK)

Presents figures that indicate the extent of change in women's enrollment patterns since the passage of Title II of the Education Amendments of 1976. Discusses enrollment patterns in office occupations education, health occupations education, marketing and distributive education, trade and industrial education, occupational home economics,…

The emphasis of Japanese business education is different from that of the United States because of differing responsibilities of male and female office workers, and less paperwork. (LRA)

Reviews an ethnographic study of female students in full-time secretarial courses in a college of non-advanced further education (NAFE) in England. The study explores the role of schooling in the transmission and maintenance of social inequalities and finds that classroom life encourages student conformity. (AF)

Noncollegiate career schools are examined. An overview of institutional structures and program types is presented, and accreditation status, enrollment, and federal financial aid is discussed. (MLW)