Originally published in 1991, this volume represents the first systematic attempt to apply a pattern approach to a comprehensive longitudinal investigation. It focuses on individual differences in female career development, from early adolescence through young adulthood. Rather than constructing a general model of career development, the authors use the interplay between theory and observation to build networks of patterns demonstrating the long-term consequences for adult women's career involvement, their educational levels, their family commitments, and their social networks.
Throughout their investigation the authors interpret individuals' patterns as characterizing processes that underlie women's differential development. They illustrate that a research strategy oriented toward pattern analysis and related methodology reveals information that is generally obscured in more traditional variable-oriented designs. They also argue that a pattern approach is particularly suited to the tenets of modern interactionism, which provides the theoretical foundation of the study.
Author(s): Sigrid B. Gustafso, David Magnusson
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work, 9
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 233
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: An Interactional Perspective on Female Career Development
Chapter 2: Research Strategy and Methods
Chapter 3: Girls' Ability and School Adaptation at Ages 13 and 16
Chapter 4: A Closer Investigation of Particular "Developmental Streams"
Chapter 5: The Relation of Family Background to Girls' Ability and School Adaptation in Early Adolescence
Chapter 6: A Closer Look at Parents' Values and Their Daughters' Achievement
Chapter 7: Aspiration and Choice as Related to Girls' Ability/Adaptation Patterns in Early Adolescence
Chapter 8: The Relation of Family Background to Girls' Ability and School Adaptation in Midadolescence
Chapter 9: Aspiration and Choice as Related to Girls' Ability/Adaptation Patterns in Midadolescence
Chapter 10: In Adulthood—Shared Life Experiences
Chapter 11: In Adulthood—Differential Life Experiences
Chapter 12: Summary and Implications
Appendix A: Measures of Ability and School Adaptation at Ages 13 and 16
Appendix B: A Note About the Average Coefficient
Appendix C: Measures of Parental Values When Girls Were Age 16
Appendix D: Measures of Girls' Interactions With Their Parents in Midadolescence
References
Author Index
Subject Index
