This article reviews studies investigating women's interest, value, personality, background, and current life situation factors as these variables relate to their vocational development and behavior. In many instances results were inconsistent and reasons for this are given. (Author)

Outlines an expanded framework of the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) approach to career problem solving and decision making for career counseling with women. Addresses structural and individual barriers in women's career development and provides practical suggestions for applying and evaluating the CIP approach in career counseling.…

Outlines causes of women's disadvantage in the workplace and the inadequacies of career development models for women. Addresses themes related to women's learning at work: hidden curriculum in the work context, identity development, relationships and connection, and mentoring. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Purpose: This paper aims to document women's reflections on their careers over a ten-year period to provide quantitative baseline data on which to frame follow-up in-depth interviews. The participants work in the public service in Queensland (Australia) and had been recommended for, and participated in, women in management (WIM) courses conducted…

After a discussion of the patterns of female labor force activity and the trend toward increased participation in the labor force by women between 1900 and 1975, this paper points to the need to re-examine traditional ideas about women and work and to develop a model of female occupational behavior based on a human development approach. Four…

This paper describes research that attempted to discover and describe the socialization process in school administrative careers that support or hinder women's decision-making for a career in school administration. After a theoretical framework was set up, twenty-five successful women administrators were interviewed and the data were analyzed. One…

Research on women's career development documents that, relative to men, few women obtain high professional status and that those who do are often treated as "deviants" from culturally expected female roles, particularly if their careers are in professions traditionally occupied by men. The relation between various background variables and the…

Discusses the status of women in contemporary Japan. Describes their role as mothers and homemakers, the obstacles they face in maintaining developing careers, and the discrimination they face in a patriarchal society. (Author/ABB)

Summarizes a survey of teachers' perceptions of the school promotional system. Presents findings on male/female status differentials, under-representation of women in higher-scale posts, and the possibility that gender-related discrimination operates against the career interests of women. Concludes that women overwhelmingly perceive themselves as…

Reviews current forces affecting women in the job marketplace, i.e., societal attitudes, discriminatory practices, and lack of role models in top management. Offers suggestions for helping women "meet the system" such as gaining male support, fostering organizational teamwork, and increasing political and legislative activity. (DMM)

In an empirical investigation, 40 female students were studied at various stages of adolescent development. The study revealed that the girls' lack of realistic vocational planning should be attributed to their failure to acknowledge the potential for conflict between the vocational and the housewife/mother career choices. (JN)

Women making the transition from home to paid employment often need help identifying their values, setting goals, assessing abilities and interests, and organizing a job search compaign. An overview of a three-day workshop planned to address these issues is presented. (Author/CC)

Examines mechanisms of gender inequality and new linkages between sex segregation and glass ceilings. Constructs two gender-specific career trajectories to analyze women's career opportunities in internal labor markets in the federal government. Concludes that women have a better chance of reaching high positions if they alternate occupational…

This guide, which is designed for women interested in learning about successful fair pay initiatives and ways of achieving fair pay, profiles organizations offering information about fair pay and summarizes selected achievements of women employed by state, county, and city governments and private employers. Presented first is background…