This article reports some findings of an empirical study about the perceptions and orientations of women managers in three large organizations. (Author)

Women as Managers Scale scores were positively correlated with internal (ability and effort) attributions and negatively correlated with external (luck and easy job) attributions for subjects reading success descriptions. (Author)

If the educational leader is a woman who has overcome her usual acculturation, yet preserved her ancient heritage of empathy and nurturance, she would be an educator in the finest sense of that term: disciplined yet creative, logical yet empathetic, directive yet supportive. (Author/IRT)

The total percentage of women employed in executive positions in television stations in the United States is substantially lower than previous studies indicate. Of the 1743 persons employed in those jobs in commercial and noncommercial stations in the top 50 markets, only 4.8 percent are women. This compares with 91.2 percent who are men (the sex…

In an attempt to analyze the movement of women into administrative and managerial positions, many complex questions remain unanswered. To provide the necessary documentation for making valid decisions regarding curriculum development and career counseling, ongoing research is needed regarding the upward mobility of women in business. (CT)

Briefly reviews research data on female educational administrators and offers guidelines for women to follow in pursuing a career in educational administration. (JG)

Women administrators characteristically bring a distinctive and valuable background to their positions as high-echelon school district managers because of the comparatively (to men) humble route they take to the top. (Author)

Use of an experiential learning approach in which participants learn from data generated in exercises, cases, and role-playing has a lasting impact when participants return to their jobs. (Author)

Jacquelyn Mattfeld, Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs at Brown University has a dual role to play, that of Provost and Dean, and that of the university conscience involving women. (Author/PG)

Over the past 20 years a large number of studies have analyzed the behavior of male and female principals and the attitudes of teachers toward both. A review of this literature dramatically demonstrates the wide disparity between the popularly held beliefs and the empirical evidence. (Author)

Minnesota and national employment statistics show that there is a significant imbalance between men and women in administrative positions. Causes of this condition are attributed to stereotyped role definitions learned by males and females very early in life, leading to lower job aspirations and the acquiring of minimal professional or vocational…

Recounts events that led to the firing of Mary L. Jones, Director of Los Angeles Public Library (1905) and caught in public crossfire such figures as the mayor, city council, library board of directors, Charles Lummis (Jones's replacement), Susan B. Anthony, Anna Shaw, Herbert Putnam, and Melvil Dewey. (29 references) (EJS)

Women can achieve equal opportunity in library management through Affirmative Action Committees. Several steps are suggested: the determination of present status; assessment of library policies affecting hiring, parental leave and promotion; some strategies to attain managerial positions. (21 references) (Author)