The career development of women has been a longstanding topic of inquiry in vocational
psychology. Two previous major reviews in this area consistently identified that women tend …

This article reviews the methods, major findings, and conclusions of the Fouad et al. review
of research on women's work and career development over the last 25 years. Following that …

In the literature on vocational psychology, it has become trite to observe that the mid-20th
century entry of women into the world of work represents one of the major social phenomena …

O brave new world/That has such people in 't.—William Shakespeare, The
TempestCounseling psychologists are attempting to build and refine vocational theory in the …

This article discusses how theory may be translated into practice in assessing women's
perceived career barriers. It describes a theoretical perspective that is useful in considering …

In this article, we overview the literature on women's career barriers and identify potential
external, environmental barriers and individual, socialized barriers to women's career …

Frank Parsons, in his (1909) classic volume “Choosing a vocation” postulated that self-
knowledge, knowledge of the world of work, and “true reasoning” to match the two, were the …

Despite scholarly debate on the topic of success, how women define career success
remains unclear. For many decades, research on the concept of success has largely used …

In the last decade, society has begun to relax its stringent rules for women and accepted a
trade-in on their glass slippers for working shoes. For many women the contemplation and …

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 …