This study examined how social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) were related to two different forms of prejudice against working women: employment skepticism and traditional role preference. Three hundred forty-nine American adults completed measures of SDO, RWA, employment skepticism, traditional role preference,…

Discusses political, theoretical, and methodological issues in defining and measuring paid and unpaid work disability. Presents results of study analyzing disability in paid work and unpaid family work among 206 women with rheumatoid arthritis, demonstrating feasibility of measuring disability in family work and showing that women experience…

Examined the effect of wives' employment on the mental health of husbands. Findings reveal that wives' employment has negative effects on husbands' job and life satisfaction. These results suggest that the overall negative mental health effect may derive, in part, from the occupational domain. (Author/BL)

The effects of wives' employment status on wives' and husbands' evaluations of their own marital adjustments are examined in two recent national surveys. (Author)

Reviews Jessie Bernard's writings on women, work, and family. Explores the dilemmas of caring, the feminization of work, work and family roles over the life course, and the two worlds of women and men. Suggests implications for future research on women's work and family roles. (BH)

In this study we examined the relationships among partner abuse, work quality, and women's sense of self. In particular, we explored the potential for women's work to serve as an alternative source of feedback for the self in the context of partner abuse. The sample consisted of 100 working women who reported experiencing a range of partner abuse.…

The intersection of race and gender may create unique experiences for Black and White women in terms of work, family, domestic roles, and interpersonal relationships. Dissimilar gender-role norms may foster different perceptions of gender for these two groups of women. In the current study, we examined similarities and differences in Black and…

Recent PhD's in psychology and biological sciences with spouses who were also professionals were surveyed; the focus was on their joint job-seeking. Couples frequently described egalitarian decision rules. But traditional patterns were also evident, particularly among the biological-science sample. (Author)

Three groups of women--wives with no outside employment, wives employed in non-professional occupations, and wives employed in professional occupations--were administered the Derived Identity Questionnaire and the Bem Sex Role Inventory. The two working groups revealed less "derived identity" than did the non-employed group. (Author)

Intensive studies of the careers, family backgrounds, marital relationships, and domestic patterns of ten continuous dual-career families (i.e., those where the wives interrupted their professional careers only minimally to have children) were made through an in-depth guided-interview approach. (Author)

Female undergraduates (N = 268) completed a questionnaire which included the Bem Sex Role Inventory and information about their mother's employment. Employed mothers who worked outside the home were found to have influenced the development of androgynous self concepts in their daughters. (Author)

Compared 64 women in atypical professions with 71 women in sex-typical professions. Results suggested those in atypical professions were more likely to be firstborn, with employed mothers, and to mention positive influences of men on their careers. Factors related to atypical choice may relate to academic achievement. (JAC)

Interviewed 50 women who chose a male-dominated career, the ministry, about career choice and professional development including role models and educational experiences. Findings indicated a complex interaction of sex and function of role models with age and sex-role orientation of subjects. (JAC)

Compared male lawyers (N=20), female lawyers (N=17), and female legal secretaries (N=20) concerning their work satisfaction, employment-related gratifications and deprivations, and their work values. Responses were largely similar. When they differed, the splits tended to be along the lines of job status rather than gender. (Author/JAC)

Using job satisfaction data this study finds that: female subordinates supervised by male supervisors were less satisfied with supervision than those supervised by women, and women who had female supervisors indicated more satisfaction with their work than men with male supervisors. (Author)