As many organizations restructure, the role of support staff is also changing. Secretaries are under increased workloads and are assuming duties previously performed by management, such as budgeting, project coordination, and public relations. According to Professional Secretaries International, only 31% of its members bore the title "secretary"…

Focusing on dual-earner families, this study found that most working wives hold full-time jobs, are younger on average, better educated, and less likely to have preschool children than are wives who are not employed. An annotated bibliography on dual-career families is appended. (LRA)

This bibliographic essay provides general overview of material gathered in major bibliographies on women in librarianship and extracts from major publications that focus on status of women in libraries. Topics covered include surveys; history; career paths, patterns, and assessment; women in library management; status and activities; and…

Although not all current jobs require basic computer skills, technological advances in society have created new jobs and changed the ways many existing jobs are performed. Clearly, workers who are proficient in technology have a greater advantage in the current workplace and the need for technologically proficient workers will only continue to…

A review of literature on improving women's occupational potential was conducted. Most existing theories of occupational development focus on males. However, the beginnings of several theories of women's occupational development have recently been proposed. These are (1) structural theories, revolving around personality traits and ability patterns…