As part of efforts to become more interdisciplinary, socially embedded, and innovative, leaders of a large college of education reimagined a program originally designed to retain struggling students to target students interested in nontraditional educational careers (e.g., nonprofits). Researchers in this study explore reasons why this program has…

College women (n=24) with moderate Realistic career interests and low Realistic confidence took part in an intervention focused on building, repair, and construction activities. Compared with 30 controls, the treatment group had a statistically significant increase in confidence regarding Realistic occupations. (SK)

Examined whether college women, grouped according to scores on the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS) were differentially affected by a videotape career intervention. Results indicated AWS scores were related to the traditionality of the careers chosen for the subjects' hypothetical daughters and to self-efficacy. Careers chosen were more…

Identified and explored issues surrounding growing gender imbalance among professionals in student affairs. Interviews with 26 student affairs professionals revealed interrelationships and the collective impact of a variety of issues on student affairs professionals and student affairs' role within higher education. The complexity of the issue of…

Investigated the influence of sex, sex-role orientation, family size, birth order, and locus of control as predictors of sextypical career choice in 113 college students who completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory and Rotter I-E Scale. Results showed biological sex was the most influential predictor, especially for males. (JAC)

An analysis of a sample of exit interviews from the first women cadets to graduate from West Point (N=62) revealed that the marginal peer acceptance of tokens within a competitive, somewhat constrained atmosphere discouraged the development of sponsorships. (Author/BL)

A model of women's career choice was tested using the structural equation modeling methodology. The final model tested suggests high-ability feminist women, who are achievement oriented, appear to be strongly career oriented and quite strongly family oriented. This career-family orientation appears to lead to career choices that are high in…

This study updated and extended the classic "fear of success" study conducted by Matina Horner more than 30 years ago. Horner (1970) asked college students to respond to a scenario in which "Anne" or "John" is at the top of her/his medical school class. Based on the negative responses of students to "Anne,"…

Investigated existence of gender differences in perceptions of availability of intrinsic and extrinsic job outcome factors in male-dominated, female-dominated, and sex-neutral occupations in undergraduate college students (N=216). Determined perceptions differed as a function of subject gender and occupational sex-type; importance of job outcome…

Examined women's perceived life roles relative to locus of control among 71 female undergraduates from traditional and nontraditional academic majors. Found differences in perceived life roles of women pursuing nontraditional and traditional academic majors relative to locus of control. (Author/NB)

Investigated students' information about gender traditional and nontraditional occupations and the relationship of students' stereotyping of occupations to predicted and actual knowledge. There was little relationship between actual and predicted scores for either sex. However, men's errors did not relate to occupational type, while women…

Encouragements and discouragements for achievement-related behavior were reported. Career women reported significantly more encouragement from teachers, family members (except parents), and significant others of the opposite sex. Career men reported more encouragement from parents; however, these differences were not significant. (Author)

Male and female subjects rated a standardized, professionally drawn female in 12 outfits as to impressions they would make in job interviews. The 12 jobs represented combinations of high- and low-status and male-dominated and female-dominated occupations. Discusses outfits and suggests women made better impressions when applying for…

Examined student (N=188) responses to measures of Expectancy and Valence to six male- and six female-dominated careers. Found that Expectancy X Valence interaction for occupation accounted for variance in choosing occupation; gender differences were marked and consistent across expectancy, valence, and likelihood of choosing occupation, varying…

This study focused on the career choice dynamics of college students by examining sex differences in self-efficacy toward occupations that were perceived by the subjects as traditionally male- or female-oriented. The usefulness of self-efficacy as a predictor of career choice and the relationships between careers considered, efficacy beliefs about…