The present study assesses the effects of a lack of social support reciprocity at work on employees' occupational self-efficacy beliefs. We assume that the self-efficacy effects of received support and support reciprocity depend on the specific work context (e.g., phase in the process of organizational socialization). 297 women who returned to…

The purpose of the current study was to examine the role that personal resources (person-environment [PE] congruence and personality types associated with resilience) and work-family conflict (WFC) play in the sense of well-being (as reflected by burnout and life-satisfaction) of mothers of young children. A sample of 146 mothers holding demanding…

According to survey responses from 201 business owners, although the firms of male business owners were more successful than those of female business owners on frequently used measures of business success (business performance compared to competitors and sales), business owner sex did not predict satisfaction with business success, supporting the…

The present paper deals with three positive facets of the work-family interplay, i.e., transfer of competencies, transfer of positive mood, and cross-domain compensation. The latter refers to the experience that engagement in one domain helps dealing with failures in the other domain. In two correlational studies (N[subscript 1] = 107 working…

Despite the positive press given to flexible work arrangements (FWA), empirical research investigating the link between the availability of these policies and work-family conflict is largely equivocal. The purpose of the present study was to begin to reconcile these mixed results through more precise measurement and the examination of moderators.…

This study examined the effects of family and career path characteristics on objective and subjective career success among 916 employed mothers. Among family variables, age at first childbirth was positively related and career priority favoring the husband was negatively related to both income and subjective career success; number of children was…

Evaluated the effectiveness of two seven-session stress reduction programs. Results found that the subjects in the two programs had significant decreases in emotional exhaustion and personal strain relative to the controls. No significant difference was found between the two stress reduction programs. (Author/BL)

Studies were undertaken in a department store and in four school districts to determine if managerial motivation is related to management success indexes and whether female managers have less managerial motivation than males. Managerial motivation did prove to be significantly related to the success of female managers. (Author)

Relationships among women's role factors, self-estimates of competence, and career commitment were investigated. Female business students and alumnae completed the Attitudes toward Women Scale, the Performance-Self-Esteem Scale (PSES), and questions regarding home and career choices. As predicted, PSES scores were related to extent of career…

Evaluated independence of organizational, career, and community commitment among 118 married professional women and examined influence of extra-work variables on the three commitment types. Findings suggest that organizational, career, and community commitment are independent variables; and that extra-work factors strongly influence career…

A new cultural imperative, marriage and a career,'' is probably emerging. This conclusion is based on study of a random sample of 180 women in junior high, high school, and college. (Author)

Occupational distributions for sex and race comparisons for areas of Louisiana are examined through an index of dissimilarity, D, a measure of the percentage of workers who must change occupational categories for the two compared percentage occupational distributions to be the same. D decreased for all comparisons. (Author)

This exploratory study compared the life style and interpersonal need orientation, leadership style, and perception of the organization structure of female supervisors in business and government organizations. (Author)

Studies were conducted with samples of students from four universities to determine if male-female differences in motivation to manage existed. Although differences were not found among students majoring in education, females in business administration and the liberal arts did prove to have lower managerial motivation scores than male samples.…

Women who had completed the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Women as college freshmen were contacted 13 to 21 years later, and were classified as career or homemaker oriented on the basis of their actual work experience. Results are discussed in terms of previous research and Holland's Occupational Classification System. (Author)