A noted authority on manpower analyzes how changes in the education, work patterns, and life styles of individuals will affect employers and educational institutions. (Editor)

This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France suggesting that workers who are more gregarious, as revealed by their behavior when they are not…

Holland has found that his theory of vocational choice is a fair predictor of college women's vocational choices. This study investigated the applicability of Holland's theory to women employed full-time. The relationship of the criterion variables of achievement (salary) and job satisfaction to the predictor variables of homogeneity, consistency,…

Statements by women who have taken management and supervisory courses reveal varying degrees of acceptance of women in those roles. Those who have been accepted enjoy their work; those who have not been accepted admit to frustration or resignation. (AG)

This study was conducted to determine the degree of success of women in technical management and to look for ways to increase the number of women in this career field. Results are presented and discussed. (CT)

A study of women newspaper managers was conducted to learn how clear women are about the professional progress they hope to achieve and to find out what kinds of personal factors might be limiting their efforts. The 59 subjects, participants at management training sessions, were screened for qualifications, future aspirations, and past…

Women account for 15 percent of the total admissions in medicine and present overall better examinations than men. Obstetrics and gynecology is the most common speciality selected by women, and job satisfaction is found in 87 percent. Sixty-six percent are married to other doctors, and 39 percent emigrate. (Author/LBH)

Presents a high school English teacher's experience taking maternity leave and deciding to return to teaching on a part-time basis. (MM)

Compared female business owners, managers, and secretaries to examine predictors of occupational choice, satisfaction, and success in the self-employment of women. Results showed owners rated higher than secretaries in achievement motivation, locus of control, and sex role, while owners and managers were similar except in parental models. (JAC)

This publication presents interviews with 11 prominent women, representing different backgrounds, philosophies, and life experiences, in which they speak about their own experiences with work and family issues. The introduction, "On Common Ground: Prominent Women Talk about Work & Family" (Diana Zuckerman), provides an overview. The 11 interviews…

Fifty-three women categorized as incongruent (extreme difference between personality and occupation as categorized by Holland) completed instruments measuring job satisfaction, vocational aspiration, interpersonal competence, self-acceptance, and locus of control. Contrary to expectations, most expressed good-to-high levels of job satisfaction,…

Individual and cross case analyses were employed to explore how the pursuit of career and life satisfaction was defined and resolved by 11 elite female scientists in the process of career establishment. A taxonomy which emerged from this procedure identified the following factors that influenced the aspirations and attainments of women at the…

As the number of women workers has increased, the conditions of employment have changed. Contingent employment such as part time and temporary work allows women to accommodate their lifestyle needs and enables employers to compete in the world economy. Lack of benefits and lack of advancement opportunities are pitfalls of such arrangements. (VM)

This paper presents a review of selected literature concerning career development and vocational behavior during 1975. Topics covered include sex roles and career development, women's careers, recent trends in interest measurement, trends in vocational theory, life span aspects of career development, vocational interventions, and racial…

Women making career choices need to know what women want and get from their jobs to form realistic expectations and prevent disappointment. Intrinsic job facets (internal characteristics such as challenge and autonomy) and extrinsic facets (external characteristics such as pleasant coworkers, promotion, and pay) are described. (MLW)