Studied families where mothers were (1) full time homemakers, (2) employed because of economic necessity, and (3) employed for personal and professional fulfillment. Found significant relationships between mothers' and daughters' attitudes toward marriage, children, and careers, but not self-concepts. (Author/GC)

A study conducted to determine the relationship between maternal employment during childhood, anxiety, and gender among college students shows that female subjects with working mothers expressed significantly more anxiety than did males. (AOS)

Examined in this study are the attitudes of male and female subjects toward a competent woman who either planned to pursue her career or stay home with her family. The consistency between the subjects' perceptions of the stimulus person and their attitudes is considered. (Author/EB)

Fathers' independent performance of child-care tasks was: (1) positively related to maternal work role and nontraditional sex role ideology; and (2) negatively related to daughters' stereotyping and to fathers' perceptions of themselves as stereotypically masculine. Wives' role-pattern satisfaction was negatively related to both joint and…

Assessed parental involvement in child care as a function of family structure and maternal employment in 92 dual-wage and 103 single-wage families in India. Parents in single-wage families spent more time in primary caregiving, but fathers' involvement did not vary as a function of mothers' employment status or family structure. (SLD)

Developed a brief multidimensional measure of aversion to women who work using data collected from 175 predominantly lower income Anglo American undergraduate and graduate students. Findings indicated that the 10-item measure exhibited acceptable reliability, as well as adequate convergent and criterion validities, thus making it a potential…

Factor analysis of data from two samples identified nine indices of women's career orientation. Two factors accounted for significant variance common to the indices: career centeredness, which reflects the importance attached to a career relative to other life activities, and career commitment, which implies a commitment to lifetime employment.…

Variables from an earlier study on the attitudes of women entering into previously male-dominated military craft occupations were factor analyzed to construct and validate measurement scales for role stereotypes and socialization factors. The analysis supports previous findings of a relationship between perceived job performance and stereotyped…

One common justification for differential treatment of women in management stems from stereotyping females as ineffective leaders. This paper analyzes the findings of 32 female leadership studies, noting that though stereotypes may be fulfilled in actual work situations, additional research is necessary to determine if and why this is so.…

Examined in this study is the extent to which soldiers believe certain military jobs are "appropriate" for women and, in particular, the extent to which these beliefs are related to respondent sex, rank, and expectation of leaving the army before retirement. (Author)

In a national survey of attitudes of 884 male managers about perceived sex differences, females were rated lower in (1) aptitudes, skills, and knowledge; (2) motivation and job interest; (3) temperament; and (4) work habits and attitudes. Lower ratings of women were prevalent among males in a variety of jobs, organizations, and industries.…

Results of a decision-making simulation indicated that when subordinates were equitably paid, sex and strength of demand had no effect on the compensation decision. However, when subordinates were underpaid, sex and strength of demand significantly influenced the size of raises given to both male and female subordinates. (EB)

Studied the construction of the personal stereotypes of adult and adulthood roles and the influence of gender, maternal employment, and employment goals of 237 adolescents. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a four-factor structure in attitudes toward family and career roles, ideology of fairness, social status, and rational characteristics,…

The following hypotheses were tested and confirmed: (1) there is no difference between women and men in their perceptions of job dimensions; (2) a positive relationship exists between job dimensions and the affective work outcomes for men and women; and (3) job dimensions predict affective work outcomes in a similar manner for men and women.…

The relationship of sex role acceptance to actual and desired fertility was assessed in a sample of female college students and women's organization members. Multiple regression analysis indicated that behavioral measures of sex role acceptance accounted for more variance in predicting desired fertility than did the Bem Sex Role Inventory.…