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)

The dependence of married women upon men for their achievement of social status is examined. Results indicate that both husbands and wives appear to pay rather little attention to the attainments of wives when evaluating their own social status. However, a status-sharing model is not totally ruled out. (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.…

The author questioned 30 professional women--teachers, lawyers, psychologists, social workers and others--to determine how they cope with the multiple roles of wife, mother, and professional. Their responses are summarized in this article. (Author/KC)

Notes that rhetoric can be translated into action only by individual nations. In the United States the year of the woman has generated pressure for change at many crucial points on the state and national level, and even for accomodations within many homes. (Author/AM)

Article discusses some of the laws pertaining to relationships between the sexes, and some of the sociocultural changes that seem to be taking place in this country and around the world. (Author/RK)

A study conducted to determine the relationship between maternal employment during childhood, anxiety, and gender among college students shows that female subjects with working mothers expressed significantly more anxiety than did males. (AOS)

The author discusses the role of women in college admissions and elaborates on several options open to them if they are unhappy with their present positions. These options include: (1) a change of responsibility within the office; (2) progression within the office to a more advanced position; (3) a lateral move to another institution; (4)…

The author states that American women have become divided into two groups--those who subscribe to a philosophy of gender differentiation, and those who subscribe to a philosophy of gender irrelevance. She pursues these differing philosophies in light of women's career transitions. (CT)

This paper is based on a survey that looks at destinations of females after they reach statutory school leaving age. It examines interview data with young women in and out of employment, at school or at college. It also looks briefly at the lack of explanatory models to understand the young women's situation. (Author/SSH)

Using job satisfaction data this study finds that: female subordinates supervised by male supervisors were less satisfied with supervision than those supervised by women, and women who had female supervisors indicated more satisfaction with their work than men with male supervisors. (Author)

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded contracts to assemble information about practices which identify, refer, and treat employed women alcoholics. In Phase I data were collected on the frequency of use of employee assistance programs by women alcoholics. Findings indicated no great differences between men and women.…

A total sample of 1600 fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth graders from four different social classes completed a questionnaire, the purpose of which was to assess attitudes toward women's increased participation in fields typically thought of as male. The questionnaire is analyzed item by item and all egalitarian responses are graphed. In general,…