Presents: (1) conceptualization and operationalization of construct of work commitment; (2) estimates for model assessing whether work commitment can be differentiated from sex-role attitudes in cohort of female college graduates; and (3) model to examine how family, school, and work experiences shape commitment and how commitment influences…

Tested model of managerial women's (n=249) stress. Model was developed from Lazarus's theoretical framework of stress/coping and incorporated causal antecedent constructs (demographics, sex role attitudes, agentic traits), mediating constructs (environment, appraisals, engagement coping, disengagement coping), and outcomes (work performance,…

Model for looking at the position of women in librarianship and other female-intensive professions consists of three parts: needs of emerging progressive or welfare state with its ever-growing list of activities; prevailing gender system in progressive America; and adjustments required to accommodate tensions between the first two. Forty-four…

Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women 1978 (n=1,738), 1983 (n=1,812), and 1988 (n=1,968) show that an occupation's gender composition affected reported experiences of sex discrimination but not self-efficacy or gender-role beliefs. Gender composition affected self-efficacy. Overall, the data did not support social…

A model for dealing with barriers to women's functioning effectively as managers focuses on male managers as the crucial step in the elimination of sex-role stereotypes. (Author/MLF)

Presents a revision of Scanzoni's model of female status attainment. Analysis of Scanzoni's data provided strong support for the revision. Findings suggest that women's sex role attitudes are pivotal influences on income and continuity in the labor market. (Author/RC)

Work has been seen as the central process that links individuals to industrial society and to each other. However, the actual study of work has proceeded along sex differentiated lines. Two case studies are examined to illustrate the ways in which job and gender models have distorted investigation and interpretation. (Author)

Examines the connections between the experience of social history and personality development. Outlines a model that demonstrates how the impact of social events is mediated by life stage. Interprets longitudinal data collected over the past 40 years on women's work and family lives in terms of the model. (FMW)

This paper develops a theoretical framework for examining how families interact with the society under conditions in which the expectations for sex roles are changing. The difference between mandated and voluntary change is examined and the cost-benefit ratio to families for participating in the process of change is evaluated in different…

One of a series emanating from a three-year project concerned with the role of women in the English-speaking Caribbean, this publication examines women's work in the Caribbean. The project's purpose is to establish a data base for teaching, research, and planning purposes and to develop guidelines for a cohesive social policy that recognizes…

Professional women may have difficulties combining the role of professional worker with that of wife and mother. Describes common issues which face women, discusses methods for coping with competing demands, and presents a structured approach for helping women conceptualize the issue and choose appropriate intervention strategies. (Author)

Applied multivariate causal modeling techniques to study of college women's (N=663) career development. Found the independent variables ability and agentic characteristics predicted career choice; agentic characteristics and sex role attitudes predicted career orientation. (Author/CM)