Women Choose Their Careers: A Study of Natural Decision Making.

Eisenhart, Margaret A.

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ERIC Number: EJ321163

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Publication Date: 1985

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Women Choose Their Careers: A Study of Natural Decision Making.

Eisenhart, Margaret A.

Review of Higher Education, v8 n3 p247-70 Spr 1985

Ethnographic interviews with 23 college-aged women revealed most considered few career alternatives, relied on easily accessible information sources, made choices early in life, stayed with the choice, and decided to either "earn money" or "stay at home." The others considered several alternatives, pursued them, and linked them to relationships with others. (MSE)

Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Employed Women, Ethnography, Evaluative Thinking, Females, Higher Education, Young Adults

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