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Brown, Tony – Studies in Continuing Education, 1999
Interviews with female employees of a clothing company moving to lean production and teamwork indicate that Taylorism is being reinvented in the contemporary workplace. Restructuring produces higher productivity but greater work pressures and lower wages, despite rhetoric about autonomy, job satisfaction, and workplace democracy. (Contains 57…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Fashion Industry, Foreign Countries, Labor Relations

Dyck, Isabel; Jongbloed, Lyn – Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2000
Examines employment issues for women with multiple sclerosis. Focuses on experiences of women managing their disability and demonstrates the importance of the social and institutional dimensions of environment in shaping occupational performance. (Contains 27 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employed Women, Females

Bowler, Mary – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
Over the past 20 years, women's real earnings rose whereas those of men declined. Even as the gender pay gap narrowed, earnings differences between white women and black and Hispanic women continued to grow. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Minority Groups, Salaries
Hodges-Aeberhard, Jane – International Labour Review, 1999
Examines major decisions in the United States, South Africa, and the European Court of Justice related to affirmative action in the workplace. Suggests explanations for differences among the conclusions reached and argues that more rigorous reasoning might enable courts to reach just and realistic decisions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Employed Women
Greenwood, Adriana Mata – International Labour Review, 1999
Presents the main features needed for labor statistics to reflect the respective situations for women and men in the labor market. Identifies topics to be covered and detail needed for significant distinctions to emerge. Explains how the choice of measurement method and data presentation can influence the final result. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employment Statistics, Gender Issues

Cron, Elyce A. – Journal of Career Development, 2001
Dual-career women (n=197) completed assessments of career attitudes, dyadic adjustment, and family adaptability and cohesion. Cohesion in the early life-cycle and adaptability in the late life-cycle were significant predictors of job satisfaction. Satisfaction increased as each life-cycle stage progressed. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Dual Career Family, Employed Women, Family Life, Job Satisfaction

Lokshin, Michael – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
A model of a household demand for childcare, mothers' labor force participation and mothers' working hours in Russia is presented. The simulations presented show that family allowance transfers intended as a means of reducing poverty do not have a significant effect on a household's choice of childcare arrangements.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Labor Force, Working Hours

Sasser, Alicia – Journal of Human Resources, 2005
A study showing the sharp decline in women physicians' earnings once they are married and faced with family responsibilities is presented.
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physicians, Family Work Relationship, Wages
Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
With increasing numbers of women joining the evening/nighttime workforce, there is a need for quality childcare during these hours. This project, conducted in Japan, sought to compare the effects of expanded childcare on the development and adaptation of 866 young children after one year. Parents completed a survey on the childrearing environment…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Multiple Regression Analysis, Foreign Countries, Family Environment
Joesch, Jutta M.; Maher, Erin J.; Durfee, Alesha – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
Many extant studies on the use of non-parental child care are based on data from the youngest child in the household. To date, it has not been addressed whether this approach introduces bias. We present reasons why child care arrangements for youngest children may differ from those of same-age older children and examine whether the use of child…
Descriptors: Child Care, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Birth Order
Bryan, Elizabeth, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
Over the last several decades a number of strategies have emerged and evolved to promote gender equity in development efforts. Yet debates regarding the relative efficacy of these strategies remain. On Thursday, April 26, 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Center convened a group of experts on gender and development to address the issue of gender inequality…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Developing Nations, Females, Poverty
Clovis, Annette – 1991
Statistics indicate that women are steadily moving into formerly male-dominated professional and managerial jobs. Overall, women are making progress into professional jobs for which education is a major prerequisite. Traditionally, sex roles in society have been socially constructed. According to the perceived stereotypical response, males and…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Employed Women, Females, Sex Bias
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1991
This annotated bibliography of 90 books on labor issues presents selections in the following areas: labor history, biographies, contemporary issues, labor economics and labor relations, labor law, labor unions, women and work, and reference books. (DB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Employed Women, Labor Economics, Labor Force
Braunstein, Jill; And Others – 1994
Although union membership has been declining overall, the number of women union members continues to increase. Currently, 37 percent of union membership are women. The proportion of women workers who are union members increased from 16.3 percent in 1965 to 19.3 percent in 1975 and fell to 14 percent in 1990; 7.4 million women were represented by…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Salary Wage Differentials

Howe, Helena; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1976
Four women who are chief executive officers of community colleges comment on special problems which confront a woman in a chief executive position. Observations and suggestions are made which may be helpful in preparing other women for similar positions. (NHM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Employed Women, Females