Women constitute approximately three percent of the faculty positions in institutions offering doctoral studies in chemistry. According to the literature, the reasons for this small number are perceived discrimination in hiring and promotion practices, possible conflicts between the family and career roles, and apparent lack of adequate numbers of role models in the profession. / Family demands on married women may result in a career pattern of instability, as women enter and exit the profession in response to geographical changes and family needs. Single women may display the stable pattern similar to that of men. / A questionnaire was developed to investigate the career profiles of all women designated as regular faculty in institutions offering doctoral studies in chemistry and to compare these to a matched sample of men. The study also explored those differences which existed in the profiles of single and married women, women in continuous and interrupted careers, and women and men having more than ten years professional experience. / Findings. Married women were less likely than men to achieve tenure status in academic chemistry and to be employed in tenure-track positions. Women in general were less likely than men to achieve the ranks of professor and associate professor, regardless of marital status or continuity of career. After ten years professional experience, these differences were not statistically significant for single women or women with continuous careers. Interruptions in the career consistently correlated with poor representation in higher ranks. The stable career pattern predominated for men and women with continuous careers, but women with interrupted careers were predominately heuristic. Women published less frequently in referred journals than men, but no significant difference was found in other publications. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-02, Section: A, page: 0567. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74734 |
| Contributors | ETHERIDGE, SANDRA YOUNT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 121 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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