Diversity & women's career development : from adolescence to adulthood
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Diversity & women's career development : from adolescence to adulthood
（Women's mental health and development, v. 2）
Sage Publications, c1997
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:Diversity and women's career development
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-336) and indexes
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Description
How do women make career choices? What difference does cultural or economic background make for a woman's career development? How do women's and men's career development patterns compare? In Diversity and Women's Career Development, Helen S. Farmer and her associates present a variety of perspectives on career development for women. Their analysis and discussion grow out of an extensive study that looked at high school students in 1980, and then followed up with them in 1990 and 1993. The data provide glimpses into influences on women's life choices and motivation, goals and obstacles to reaching them, and comparisons of women's and men's career development patterns. They also offer insights into differences among ethnic and socioeconomic groups, as well as the influence of family on career development. Using the rich, longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data from this study, the authors examine issues surrounding women's career development, specifically focusing on motivation and persistence among women in particular career paths, and among diverse groups of women. The authors also allow the subjects of the study to speak in their own voices, illustrating vividly the personal processes involved in their career decision-making. This book will expand and enrich the work of anyone interested in women's careers, the impact of ethnicity and family on career development, and how girls and young women approach making life choices. Human resource development professionals will also find it useful and illuminating.
Table of Contents
- Theoretical overview - the longitudianal study. Career aspirations of women - their life stories compared to men: women who persisted in their high school aspirations for a career in science or technology
- why women don't persist in their high school career aspirations
- persisters and career changers in technical careers - are there gender differences?, Susan Giurleo
- high achieving women - career development patterns, Jana Reddin
- gender differences in career development. Issues related to careers - ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status: the effects of racial and ethnic discrimination on the career development of minority persons, Joann Cohn
- success in the face of adversity - six stories of minority career development, Kirsten Peterson
- the career development of children of immigrants, Veronica Lugris
- socioeconomic leaps - achievements in the next generation, Amy Carter
- career development of rural men and women - different priorities, Rebecca Conrad. Complex interplay of career and family roles: career development in the context of family experiences, Janice Altman
- work and family roles - finding a new equilibrium, Lenore Tipping. Where do we go from here: career counselling for the next decade and the 21st century
- future directions for research on women's career development.
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