College students with higher career decision-making skills associated more career consequences with dentistry and more favorable personal characteristics with nursing and business. Females responded more favorably to nursing and law. Sex differences were not related to personal characteristics associated with careers. (JAC)

Examined utility of gender, traditionality of choice, and gender role identification as moderators of interest-field congruence and ability-level realism of academic major and occupational preferences in college students (N=592). Found traditionality of choice and gender role unrelated to interest-field congruence. (Author/NB)

This year-long project was designed to encourage women to broaden their career options--in particular, to consider non-traditional fields. The project had three major components: (1) a two-credit course entitled Women's Life and Career Choices, (2) intensive advisement by female faculty members, and (3) the gathering of data on career attitudes…

Investigated the effects of occupational sex-dominance on sex differences in occupational performance expectations. College students indicated their self-expectations and comparison person expectations (those of a "typical" male or female) regarding job performance for six occupations. Women reported lower expectations for themselves except for…

Methods for attracting and retaining minorities and women in higher education for nontraditional careers, and strategies to assist educational planners in developing programs for this group are reviewed. Recommendations are outlined for administrative and program concerns, faculty role, and student support services. (MSE)

Briefly summarizes two main themes raised at the 1987 seminar on library and information science at Loughborough University; i.e., the response of library schools to the professional image, and the response of the schools to the emerging employment market. (CLB)

This study examines personality characteristics of women in nontraditional careers, investigates deviations over a decade, and compares personality profiles of women to profiles of general adult men. Four occupational groups from an original 1972 study are examined--real estate, management, accounting, and university professors--and further…

The hypothesis that sex-biased communication could result in unnecessary and inefficient limitations in the scope of career choices was tested by exposing college of business administration freshmen to sex-neutral and sex-biased versions of a questionnaire on job knowledge. Respondents were found to limit the range of career choices based on sex.…

Presents a group counseling model designed to help women in male-dominated college majors prepare for problems which may arise as the result of their nontraditional career choices. The five sessions dealt with school to work transition, assertiveness, support networks, multiple role management, and adjusting to minority status. (JAC)

Investigated the degree and congruence of students' (N=58) estimated and actual information about gender traditional occupations. Results showed subjects of each sex perceived themselves as less informed about nontraditional occupations. This result was more pronounced for women. Additionally, men and women did not differ in actual knowledge.…

Investigated sex differences in career plans of graduate students (N=559) completing training in male- and female-dominated professions. Analyses showed clear patterns of sex differences in the feminine professions. Except for child care, the plans of women in male-dominated groups were not significantly different from those of male colleagues.…

Examined the relationship between sex-role self-concept and students' reported experiences and perceptions in majors traditionally dominated by the opposite sex. Results showed that the experience of sex role incongruence for students in cross-gender majors primarily affected females. Sex-role self-concept strongly affected students' feelings and…

Reports a three-year follow-up study of women engineering and home economics majors. Findings did not support the hypothesis that persistence in the two curricula would be related to sex roles. Persisters in engineering had higher college entrance SAT math scores than changers or dropouts. (Author)

Examined contributions of 4 sex-typed socializations to 6 differences in self-efficacy in l0 male- and l0 female-dominated occupations among male (N=78) and female (N=8l) Japanese undergraduates. Found females in male-dominated occupations had lower self-efficacy, felt they had fewer female role models, considered themselves feminine, and had low…

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…