Reviews theories and empirical findings about self-esteem derived from the work role and its activities. Self-esteem is defined and problems inherent in its measurement are discussed. Theoretical perspectives relating self-esteem to the work role are outlined. Attitudinal and behavioral correlates of high employee self-esteem are presented.…

Compared congruency between types of noncollege-degreed employed women's (N=171) actual occupational choices and their cognitive occupational preferences to congruency between types of personality and choices. Results indicated that, although association between types of cognitive occupational preference and actual occupational choice was superior…

Data on existing positions and on career interests in those occupations were compared separately for 656 working adults and 819 high school students; the adult sample was also analyzed by gender. An overall discrepancy appeared between positions and normative interests. Some categories had a high surplus of positions and low interest in them and…

Holland's Self-Directed Search, a lifestyle questionnaire, and Bem Sex Role Inventory were completed by 63 gay and 60 heterosexual males. Gay men's career interests were less Realistic or Investigative and more Artistic/Social on Holland's scale; their aspirations were less traditional than heterosexuals'. Bem Femininity and Masculinity scores…

Factors related to occupational choice were investigated for 180 female high school students. Influence of significant others and cost of education for expected occupation were distinguishing factors between students who expected to enter desired occupations and those who expected to enter occupations more traditional than they desired. (SK)

As part of the larger project to revision vocational psychology for a new era, a process referred to as the emergence of new intentions in subjective experience is defined and described. It is proposed that this process is central to the ongoing construction and reconstruction of lives in the changing landscape of the times. Following an…

Women in four high-status, male-dominated professions-architecture, law, medicine, and psychology-are described in terms of a variety of historical, social, and career variables. (Author)

The relation between sex and occupational role of story characters was systematically varied in reading material presented to preschoolers. Stories portraying a stereotyped relation between sex and occupation made girls more stereotyped in their responding, thus supporting the notion that reading content reinforces attitudes and ideas developed…

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…

Results support the author's contention that women's primary career decision, i.e., that between working'' and not working,'' is a function of the child-rearing mode of the parents. The field of occupation and the level within it is a secondary career choice, a function of a woman's level of achievement motivation. (Author)

A sample of 80 boys and girls attending the 12th grade of academic high schools in Israel was asked to rank five occupations according to their individual preferences. A positive correlation was found between the occupational preference ranking and the intrinsic but not the extrinsic needs. (Author)

Investigated personality correlates of occupational status using Holland's (1973) typology. Data from 175 employed adult males showed no single personality factor was associated with status across occupational types. In general, the relationship between personality factors and occupational types provided additional confirmation of Holland's theory…

A survey of high school seniors in Alabama investigated attitudes toward managerial careers. Results indicate that few high school seniors aspire to management careers and that sex continues to be a major discriminator. The "male managerial model" continues to be reinforced. (Author)

Women's lower achievement level in professions is explained by the Multiple Role Negotiation perspective as resulting from difficulty in balancing the "active," demanding roles of wife/mother and a high-level professional role. The findings reveal that neither males nor females perceive the female familial role as the "more active." (Author)

Results of a study of 31 women majoring in engineering and 43 women majoring in mathematics education showed the following variables distinguished between the two groups: success expectations for traditional and nontraditional occupations, self-efficacy for traditional occupations, and outcome desirability. (SK)