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Diversity and Women's Career Development

From Adolescence to Adulthood
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This work offers an extended discussion of key issues of career development for women, such as: how women make career choices; what difference cultural and economic background makes for a woman's career development; and how women's and men's career development patterns compare. The analysis and discussion grows out of an extensive study that looked at high school students in 1980 and followed them up in 1990 and 1993. The data and personal accounts offer: insight into the influences on women's life choices, motivation and goals as well as the obstacles in reaching them; and understanding of the differences among ethnic and socio-economic groups, and the influence of family on career development.
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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