The Bell system is the largest nongovernmental employer of people in the country, and over 50 percent of the people employed by its systems are women. This paper deals with the new personnel policies concerning women within the Bell system; in particular, it describes the AT & T Management Assessment Program (MAP), the vehicle used to identify…

Author recounted her experiences as a student at Wellesley College, her employment experiences, and her feelings as a wife. These were considered versus the prejudices of her fellow students, her fellow workers, and her employers. (RK)

Currently, the most debated issue regarding the role of military women is whether they should be allowed to serve in combat. The role of warrior violates traditional feminine stereotypes. However, denying women the right to volunteer for combat may also deny them the right to full American citizenship. (Author/WI)

Elementary school students (N=67) from three ethnic groups were systematically exposed, over a one-month period, to specially produced television commercials. Results indicate children do learn about occupations from television content and they also learn to stereotype or nonstereotype various occupations based on sex of the TV model. (Author)

In order to delineate what kind of image of women has emerged on televsion programs, the author reviewed first-run serialized television crime dramas for the 1976-77 season. He examines the consequences of this stereotyping on the status of women. (Author/RK)

The role of women in leadership positions can be understood fully only by considering both the process and the broader structural aspects of the organization. Available from: JABS Order Dept., NTL Institute for Applied Behavior Science, P.O. Box 9155, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia 22209 (Author)

Explored the relationships among childhood activities, masculine and feminine characteristics, and career choices among career women and homemakers. Results indicated that childhood participation in sex-typed activities is associated with the adult personality characteristics of masculinity and femininity and adult role choices. (Author/BL)

Compared 80 professional women with very atypical to very traditional careers. Subjects in atypical careers scored higher on cognitive measures, psychological masculinity, and, in law, achievement motivation. Childhood experiences of women in atypical careers included: more masculine play patterns and less coercion by parents to fit a feminine…

Consciousness raising and sensitizing programs are advocated as necessary adjuncts of successful affirmative action programs for women who want to work. (GW)

Variables from an earlier study on the attitudes of women entering into previously male-dominated military craft occupations were factor analyzed to construct and validate measurement scales for role stereotypes and socialization factors. The analysis supports previous findings of a relationship between perceived job performance and stereotyped…

Reviews evidence which suggests that the sexual division of labor and ideology of sex roles are not determined by biological constraints, but by the structural constraints of a given society. Discusses how the ideology of femininity, which evolved from the life-style of upper class White women, oppresses Black women. (Author/GC)

A program is described which helps to introduce guidance counselors to technical career opportunities for women. (BB)

One common justification for differential treatment of women in management stems from stereotyping females as ineffective leaders. This paper analyzes the findings of 32 female leadership studies, noting that though stereotypes may be fulfilled in actual work situations, additional research is necessary to determine if and why this is so.…

After discussing the facts and reasoning of the two cases (General Electric Co. vs Gilbert and Nashville Gas Co. vs Satty), the author argues that the decisions are largely the product of pregnancy stereotypes and that the Court's reasoning is flawed and should not be applied outside the context of pregnancy. Journal availability: see EA 511 481.…

Reviews theoretical explanations for gender segregation in occupations: neoclassical, human capital, institutional and labor market segmentation, and gender discrimination. Determines that gender discrimination theories are most compelling, given the enormous overlap in abilities and preferences of individual men and women. (SK)