Develops a framework of factors that influence the midcareer satisfaction of professional women, delineating key demographic, career, organizational, job, and stress factors. After providing a research background and describing the framework, the article dissects the framework and defines and develops propositions for each key dimension,…

The concept of equity is proposed as having advantages over that of equality. By equity, we mean a fair allocation both of opportunity and of constraints. It is put forward as a concept which goes beyond that of equality; it acknowledges differences between men and women and the need to think in terms of variations of patterns. Paper presented at…

This collection of insights and experiences of seven women in educational administration is particularly useful for women considering upward mobility within administration. The women's backgrounds and geographic locations vary, and they work in educational institutions at several levels. Their responses to a number of questions relating to their…

Male and female subjects were shown one of two videotapes depicting a competent woman planning either to pursue her career or stay at home with her family, with or without also introducing her as a patient experiencing emotional difficulties in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design. Results indicated that female subjects perceived the stimulus person more…

In recent years considerable concern has been expressed for the plight of the displaced homemaker, a women who, after spending many years working in the home, must reenter the labor market to provide the primary support for a family. In 1978 Congress added to Title 3 of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act a special program to assist…

These materials are part of a four-module series, "Competence Is for Everyone," designed to specify and reduce limitations on the learning and use of skills that people experience because of their sex or race. The series identifies three areas that function to maintain inequalities: the process of making judgments or appraisals,…

These materials are part of a four-module series, "Competence Is for Everyone," designed to specify and reduce limitations on the learning and use of skills that people experience because of their sex or race. The series identifies three areas that function to maintain inequalities: the process of making judgments or appraisals,…

In April 1980, a conference dealing with sex equity issues and employment was co-sponsored by Hagerstown Junior College and the Maryland State Board of Education. The first keynote speaker was Marian Lang, who works with Black and Decker, Inc. facilities nationwide on the issues and problems of affirmative action. Her presentation began with a…

An examination of the portrayal of women in popular magazine advertising from 1942 to 1945 suggests that the mass media played a major role in calling women out of the home and into the factory and machine shop to assist in the war effort. Discouraged from working during the Depression years when jobs were scarce, in the 1940s women were eagerly…

This annotated bibliography on sex role stereotyping in occupational education documents the background resources consulted during a project for the Cornell Institute for Occupational Education. It is divided into three sections: resources for and about secondary students (fourteen entries), resources for vocational and career educators…

This study examines the sex-role attitudes of employed and non-employed women and their children. Subjects were selected from a middle class, relatively conservative suburban community. Fifty-two mother-child pairs (including 21 employed and 31 non-employed mothers) participated. The children were 12 male and 19 female second graders and 9 male…

Examines the history of comparable worth, the questions it raises (such as sex discrimination), and the solutions being proposed. These solutions include involving unions in raising pay levels of certain jobs, changing the attitudes of management towards women and "women's work," and broadening women's career outlooks. (CT)

Briefly reviews a 1979 article on career counseling research. States that current review articles need to include studies dealing with women's occupational and social roles. Describes recent works related to women in the areas of vocational psychology, sociology, and economics, and discusses their implications for career counseling in secondary…

Women making career choices need to know what women want and get from their jobs to form realistic expectations and prevent disappointment. Intrinsic job facets (internal characteristics such as challenge and autonomy) and extrinsic facets (external characteristics such as pleasant coworkers, promotion, and pay) are described. (MLW)

Looks at the status of women in management and identifies barriers to the upward mobility of women workers, including sex-role stereotyping, hiring biases, organizational procedures, managers' attitudes, and women's own self-concepts. (Author/JM)