Describes research in the process of decision making and socialization in the careers of women administrators. Shows how organizational policies and career norms affect women's incentives and opportunities for training. Suggests that contraditions of feminine and administrator roles and norms often lead to strain, and sometimes failure.…

Employment of adolescents aged 16-18 in two-parent families was analyzed in relation to personal and family characteristics; adolescent orientations, expectations, and attitudes toward working; and parental attitudes toward working. Working adolescents generally reported that their job had a positive rather than negative effect on overall quality…

A description of the Nation's labor force participants in 1977 is summarized, highlighting the increase reflected by both the population growth and the continuing rise in women's labor force participation. Also, data are reported on the extent of employment and unemployment by family relationship. (BM)

Women in nontraditional business roles were more achieving, emphasized production more, saw themselves as having characteristics more like managers, and considered the domestic role less important. The two groups did not differ in attitude toward the importance of their careers, or their perceptions of their husband's attitudes. (Author)

Relatively few widows enter the labor force, but this is due to the high percentage who are already working. Results suggest a probable overestimation of the usefulness of jobs as role replacements or income producers for widows. (Author)

Studies of the relationship between women workers' attitudes and withdrawal from work identify two major attitudinal factors, role conflict and job dissonance. Good personnel practices, especially in the areas of orientation, training, supervision, and scheduling flexibility, do influence the development of favorable job attitudes. (SK)

This study of white-collar working women investigates their views toward retirement with emphasis on variables contributing to attitudes and behavior. Findings indicate inadequate preparation for retirement and suggest areas of research related to contemporary female work patterns which may assist practitioners and policy-makers to correct the…

Women administrators experienced lower levels of stress than their male counterparts, particularly with respect to boundary-spanning stress and conflict-mediating stress, both of which relate to stress arising from the management of the organization-external environment interface. Women administrators stood up to the pressures of their job better…

Investigated how married professional women feel about the women's movement. Data revealed that the majority were working to change societal definitions of women's roles but that a sizable minority had little interest in the women's movement. The women's movement has also brought about increased role conflicts for many. (Author/BEF)

Advantages of guided fantasy as a counseling technique are presented. Emphasis is placed on the use of guided fantasies in the career counseling of women. Accounts of two fantasies, sex reversal and role stripping, are presented along with briefer descriptions of others. Suggested procedures for implementing fantasy experiences are discussed.…

An Australian survey examined the child care and working arrangements (part time, shift work, overtime) of 2,890 mothers. Differences in use of formal child care or unmet child care needs depended on children's ages and full-time/overtime status. Those working in nontraditional arrangements may be more likely to use informal child care. (SK)

Analysis of National Longitudinal Survey and of High School and Beyond data pinpoints the reason for a decline in the gender earnings gap, 1979-86 among college-educated workers. Changes in estimated effects of college grades and major for women account for almost all of the decline, indicating growth in the market price of women's skills. (SK)

Analysis of the life history of a rural woman who left home to pursue an urban career yields insights into the ways in which home and memories of home can support women's career development over the lifespan and prepare them for the emotional and financial difficulties of transition. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women 1978 (n=1,738), 1983 (n=1,812), and 1988 (n=1,968) show that an occupation's gender composition affected reported experiences of sex discrimination but not self-efficacy or gender-role beliefs. Gender composition affected self-efficacy. Overall, the data did not support social…