Equal Opportunities International: Volume 6 Issue 4
Table of contents
Women in Scientific Professions: The Emerging Trends
Sarla SharmaA brief historical account of women in science is given as introduction to discussion of their present situation in the USA. Factors affecting female achievement and interest in…
Success Patterns of Professional Women: A Study of 452 Women Architects
James D. BoulgaridesThis is a report on a survey investigating the work and backgrounds of women architects in order to identify factors influencing success, as measured by salary and…
The Challenge of becoming a Professional Chartered Accountant and a Mother in early adulthood
Francine Harel‐Giasson, Marie‐Francoise Marchis‐Mouren, Louise MartelThis study comprised interviews with 60 women chartered accountants in Quebec. It revealed their strong professional identity, strategies for reconciling family and career at the…
Women Engineers : Conditions at University and in the Profession in West Germany
Hedwig Rudolph, Doris Janshen, Doris Janshen, Hedwig RudolphThis research attempted to provide a scholarly answer to why so few West German women choose engineering as a profession. The study was qualitative: 100 biographically structured…