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)

Compares female clients of a state rehabilitation agency with male clients of the same agency according to selected demographic, case service, and rehabilitation outcome variables. Female clients are found to be underrepresented as rehabilitation applicants although they have a higher rate of acceptance for services and successful case closure.…

Case studies provide evidence as to why Third World employers generally prefer male workers and consider certain jobs to be more suitable for men, and other jobs, much less numerous, to be more suitable for women. The authors also draw a number of distinctions between stereotype and fact. (Author/CT)

Although social work is commonly identified as a woman's profession, female social workers are often the victims of sex-role stereotyping and discrimination. This article discusses the effects of sexism on social work education and employment practices and proposes ways sex bias can be eliminated. (Author)

Examines validity of assumption that women and other under-representative groups in science have an edge in being hired and advanced, discussing academia's "tract record" and obstacles to full participation. Indicates that although advances have been made, inequities persist after hiring, such as in salaries. (Author/JN)

Analyzed responses of male and female managers (N=360). Found female personal characteristics and work environment had little negative impact on initial movement of women into management or their promotion. Suggests agency selection and recruitment practices may have a negative impact on promotion of women. (Author/RC)

A study was done to examine the differences among college students' perceptions of the shift in gender domination in selected occupations. Results indicate that the particular institution attended may affect perceptions. (JN)

The following hypotheses were tested and confirmed: (1) there is no difference between women and men in their perceptions of job dimensions; (2) a positive relationship exists between job dimensions and the affective work outcomes for men and women; and (3) job dimensions predict affective work outcomes in a similar manner for men and women.…

The 1970 National Fertility Study was used to investigate relationships between sex role attitudes and the childbearing and labor force participation of women. It was found that the most crucial aspect of working and fertility was the extent to which the woman identified the female role as that of housewife and homemaker. (Author)

Examined in this paper is the manner by which personal confidence is translated into female role attitudes among a sample of Black and White secondary school students of both sexes. The relationship between female role ideology and the traditionality vs nontraditionality of young women's occupational interests is also discussed. (Author/EB)

Investigates sex-role stereotyping in social service organizations. These organizations are traditionally female-dominated work cultures in which women have shared leadership roles with men. (Author/RK)

A study of women's employment in European call centers showed that "feminine" social skills (communication, interpersonal) are considered central to the work; women are concentrated in the lowest paying jobs; and the highly regimented work organization limits further skill development. On the other hand, women's competencies are valued…

Women who had been college students in the mid-thirties (N=306) and who had been studied 25 years later were assigned to five vocational pattern groups. A woman's career pattern could not be predicted from data available at the time she entered college but was predictable from other data known five years later. (Author)

Discusses implications of the tradition of pervasive sexism in American education and suggests possible corrective changes in administrative and curricular practices. (JG)

Since January 1973, San Diego's National Steel and Shipbuilding Company has hired more than 100 women to fill nontraditional jobs as burners, welders, ways operators, pipefitters, sheetmetal workers, forklift operators, and carpenters. (MW)