The Career psychology of women / [edited by] Nancy Betz, Louise F. Fitzgerald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betz, Nancy E.

Fitzgerald, Louise F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Vocational guidance--United States.

Women.

Women--Vocational guidance.

United States.

Career development--United States.

Career development.

Physical Description:

xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Academic Press, 1987.

Summary:

Summarizing literature from the twenty-year-old field of women's career development, this book brings scholars and professionals up-to-date in their understanding of the factors influencing women's career choices and career adjustment across the life span. It serves as a vital base for theoretical and empirical work in the study of women's career development. Key Features * Success and satisfaction The interface of home and work * Dual-career couples * Sexual harassment * The influence of education * Self-concept and sex role-related characteristics

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Career Psychology of Women 3

Trends in the Extent of Women's Labor Force Participation: 1900-1985 4

Problems in the Nature of Women's Labor Force Participation 6

II. Women's Career Choices

2. Women's Career Choices: Theories and Concepts 15

Concepts in the Study of Women's Career Choices: Dependent Variables 15

Concepts in the Study of Women's Carcer Choices: Independent Variables 25

3. Cultural, Subcultural, and Familial Factors in Women's Career Choices 29

Stimulus Variables: Culture 29

Stimulus Variables: Subculture 36

Stimulus Variables: The Immediate Environment 43

4. Women's Career Choices: the Influence of Education 53

The Importance of Education to Women's Career Development 53

Elementary and Secondary School Education 56

Women and Higher Education 60

Toward Educational Equity for Women 72

5. The Influence of Counseling Interventions on Women's Career Choices 76

Definitions and Early Research 76

Counselor Bias in the 1970s: An Explosion of Research 79

Analysis and Conclusions 81

Recent Theoretical Contributions 85

6. Abilities, Achievement, and Women's Career Development 92

Sex Differences in Cognitive and Physical Abilities 92

Women's Abilities and Achievements: The Paradoxes 99

Mathematics: The Critical Filter for Women 104

7. Personality Variables and Women's Career Development: Self-Concept and Sex Role-Related Characteristics 112

Self-Concept 112

Sex Role-Related Personality Characteristics: Instrumentality, Expressiveness, and Androgyny 120

Attitudes toward Women's Roles 124

8. Vocational Interests, Needs, and Values in Women's Career Development 129

Vocational Interests 129

Vocational Needs and Values 133

Achievement Motivation 137

9. Summary of Factors Influencing Women's Career Choices 142

III. Women's Career Adjustment

10. The Career Adjustment of Women: an Analysis of a Process 151

The Model 151

Motivation 152

Barriers 157

Coping 165

11. The Criteria of Career Adjustment: Success and Satisfaction 169

Success 170

Satisfaction 186

12. The Interface of Home and Work 191

The Effect of Employment on Women 192

The Effect of Wives' Employment on Husbands and the Marriage 194

The Effect of Maternal Employment on Children 198

The Effect of Marriage and Motherhood on Women's Career Development 203

The Integration of Home and Work: Coping Mechanisms 205

13. Dual-Career Couples 210

Dual Careers: The Classic Studies 211

Typologies 214

Coordinators and Commuters: Variations on a Basic Pattern 217

Dual-Career Couples: Organizational Perspectives 225

14. Sexual Harassment 230

Sex at Work: The Sexual Harassment of Women Workers 230

Sexual Harassment in Education: A Special Case 234

Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Sexual Harassment 242

15. Summary and Implications for Theory, Research, and Intervention 249

Career Choice 249

Issues in Vocational Adjustment 254.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 259-299.

ISBN:

0120944057

OCLC:

14212336