The issue of occupational therapy's status as a profession has its roots in considerable gender divisiness evident in health care in the early 20th Century. Readdressing the issue means determining whether occupational therapists exhibit the characteristics of professionals and deciding which qualities and behaviors are important for them. (SK)

A triple-contract model of the relationship between a profession and a society includes a hypothetical contract articulating the profession's basic principles, a second contract suggesting the model for real-life face-to-face meetings creating moral terms limiting the relationship between professionals and society, and a third contract containing…

One of the few controlled studies of the influence of sex bias on social workers' judgments produces dramatic findings that contradict the contentions of other studies of the subject. The study finds consistent pro-female, anti-male bias among the sampled social workers. (Author)

Reports a survey exploring what opportunities exist in the field of professional librarianship for persons with a Ph.D. in language and literature. (TO)

Part of a continuing series. (VM)

The study results in two hypotheses. First, within the interpersonal domain an identifiable pattern of variables relevant to competence in psychiatry is discernible. Second, the higher scorer on this predictive pattern is a complex individual, ambivalent in his relationships to others, and characterized by both nurturant and antinurturant…

The evidence of this 20th annual report makes it clear that 1970 was a pretty good year after all. (Author)

This paper presents several sociological criteria of the professionalization process and considers the current professionalized status of school psychology. Some implications for the direction of future roles for school psychology are discussed. (Author/BY)

Study indicates that, "Socialization to a professional self-concept does happen during music school attendance. This self-concept is developed through participation in professional performances. (Author)

This first article in a series presents an overview of online industry employment, including a diagram of the online job stream; a menu of job titles (rank, title, function); explanations of jobs of online industry employees (librarians, scientists, salesmen, writers, publishers, teachers, programers); and perquisites and hazards of online jobs.…

Comments on the increase in published criticism in the area of children's literature and urges that professional children's book critics write succinctly and well. (AEA)