Diversity and Women's Career Development - From Adolescence to Adulthood

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? This book presents a variety of perspectives on career development for women.

The authors' 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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: And Associates, Associates, n/a Associates, Helen S. Farmer, N/A Associates
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.1997
• EAN: 9780761904908
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0490-8
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 524 g
• Series: Women's Mental Health and Deve; Women's Mental Health and Development; Women's Mental Health and Deve; Women's Mental Health and Development; Women′s Mental Health an
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology