Purpose–This study aims to explore the nature of women's career experiences over the life
course by examining career patterns, career locus, career contexts, and career beliefs …

Career research has been synonymous with paid work. The ensuing result is a picture of
women's careers framed by men's experiences. In this paper career development theory is …

With the rapid changes occurring in the role of work in women's lives, this research project
was designed to examine the career planning, career decision making, and work history of …

Womenface a complex panorama of choices and constraints in their career and life
development. This article presents an approach to the understanding of women's careers …

In this article we assess the extant literature on women's careers appearing in selected
career, management and psychology journals from 1990 to the present to determine what is …

Developmentally, women are different from men. The claim has surfaced so often, it can no
longer be denied. Whether the charted gender differences have been framed as inherent …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight an emerging and evolving area within
women's careers literature–women's opting-out and opting-in experiences. Highlights from …

Purpose–This study aims to explore the reasons why women are leaving the workplace. Are
they opting out of the workforce to stay at home with their children as current media reports …

Over the past decade, practitioners and scholars have struggled to explain women's career
choices. The current language, including “opting out,”“on and off ramping,” and “mommy …

In this chapter I take a feminist perspective on career theory. There is no one feminism;
rather this umbrella label covers many diverse perspectives held together by several broad …