The author documents differences between the job-related networks of women and men in a sample of 186 recent white-collar job changers. Results indicate that women know persons in fewer occupations than do men; their networks are negatively affected by having young children and by their spouses' mobility. (Author/CH)

Analyzed the relationship between the participation of married women in the labor market and divorce rates in the continental states of the United States in 1980. Results showed the higher the proportion of married women working full time and the lower the proportion of married women working part time, the higher the divorce rate of the state.…

Compared maturation rate and endocrine functioning according to career typicalness in 28 employed women. Results provided only limited evidence that women in nontraditional careers matured later than women in traditional careers. Found subjects in traditional categories married and had children at earlier age than did subjects in nontraditional…

Examined factors that affect Honduran women's market sector participation and participation's impact on family level of living. Found differences between Honduran women in informal sector and in the formal sector, with women in the formal sector being younger and more likely to be married. Participation in either sector raised level of living for…

Determined if factors descriptive of work-family role integration would be more predictive of rural employed mothers' life satisfaction than that of urban employed mothers (N=237). Results supported the greater importance of variables descriptive of work-family role integration in predicting the life satisfaction of rural employed mothers.…

Examines the relationship between student misbehavior and academic achievement. Findings indicate that sophomores with low grades are more likely to misbehave when they are seniors. Misbehavior has negative effects on grades and achievement test scores. Living in a single-parent family and mother's employment also negatively affect achievement and…

Discusses the positive contributions work can have for women experiencing life transitions. Describes the role of employment counselors in helping to create new life possibilities. (MCF)

The analysis of interviews with a sample of Chicago-area women aged 25 to 54 demonstrated that, for the most part, they tend to evaluate their jobs as containing greater job complexity than does "an average job" and to be pleased by this fact. (CT)

Articles about labor education in the world are presented. Articles include the Danish trade unions and development education; the trade union school at Orenas and workers' education in Sweden; an industrial undertaking in Colombia made into a cooperative by its own workers; and women's trade union committees in China. (CT)

Proposed a theoretical framework suggesting that the more available women are and the better marketable skills they possess, coupled with expanded job opportunity and reasonable reward, the more female labor-force participation rates should increase. Reviews data from census reports in Hong Kong which were consistent with the proposed arguments.…

Presents Helen Astin's article on women's career choices and work behavior, and includes several responses to her essay. Discusses Astin's need-based work model, involving motivation, expectations, sex-role socialization, and structure of opportunity. Critiques of Astin's work center mainly on the structure of opportunity segment of the model. (BH)

Reviews the literature on sexual harassment to determine the issues the problem raises, its social contexts, and the resources available to working women. Examined the implications of sexual harassment for social work practice, policy, and research. (JAC)

A noted authority on manpower analyzes how changes in the education, work patterns, and life styles of individuals will affect employers and educational institutions. (Editor)

The paper outlines major changes in the labor force over the last few decades, specifically as they relate to mature women. Variations in the quantity of labor force activity, reentry problems, the quality of labor force activity of mature women, and their occupations and earnings are considered. (Author/AG)