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Raising the Bar: An Examination of Career Pathways among Women Working in the Child Welfare System
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Williams, Vera L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In today's society, women who return back to school seeking an advancement within their career is a transition within the lives of women that occurs in various contexts, including the women's ages at the time of their transition, which can define both their expectations and opportunities along their life stages and career paths. In the past, women…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Career Development, Child Welfare, Females
Employee, Mother, and Partner: An Exploratory Investigation of Working Women with Stay-at-Home Fathers
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Dunn, Marianne G.; Rochlen, Aaron B.; O'Brien, Karen M. – Journal of Career Development, 2013
Married couples consisting of female breadwinners and male primary caretakers are increasing in prevalence and visibility. However, little is known about the experiences of these families, particularly about salient challenges and dynamics related to this work-family arrangement. Through inductive qualitative analysis, the current study…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Mothers, Fathers, Parent Role
The Meaning of Korean Women's Career-Leaving Experience
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Lee, Yu-Jin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
What is the meaning of Korean women's career-leaving experience? To answer this question, this study adopted a hermeneutic phenomenology approach. My intention was to search for the deeper meaning of Korean women's career-leaving experience from their perspective. Ten Korean women who had left their careers due to their domestic roles in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Employed Women, Stopouts
n Ach and Perceived Parental Child-Rearing Attitudes of Career Women and Homemakers
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Kriger, Sara Finn – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1972
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)
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Choice, Career Development, Child Rearing
The Case for Women
Vriend, Thelma Jones – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1977
Women face mid-life crises that are unique. The pattern of child rearing and return to work has inherent problems and women need particular help through counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Patterns, Career Counseling, Career Development
The Effects of Marriage and Children on Women's Work.
Buckley, John J.; Rowe, Brenda J. D. – 1978
A survey was conducted to analyze the effects of marriage and children on the work patterns of registered nurses in Maryland, with specific attention to these effects on work continuity and advancement and to which factors modify these effects. Questionnaires asking for complete work histories were mailed to a random sample of registered nurses in…
Descriptors: Age, Career Development, Child Rearing, Educational Background
The Woman in Mangement. Career and Family Issues.
Farley, Jennie, Ed. – 1983
In chapter 1 of this volume of conference proceedings, economist Juanita M. Kreps traces the effects of demographic and social changes on the role of women in the economy. Chapter 2 presents management consultant Betty Lehan Harragan's "gamesmanship" thesis. In chapter 3, sociologist Rosabeth Moss Kanter analyzes the role of high technology in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Administration