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VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for the American Counseling Association by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 500 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to present.
VISTAS articles and ACA Digests are located in the ACA Online Library. To access the ACA Online Library, go to http://www.counseling.org/ and scroll down to the LIBRARY tab on the left of the homepage.
n Under the Start Your Search Now box, you may search by author, title and key words.
n The ACA Online Library is a member’s only benefit. You can join today via the web: counseling.org and via the phone: 800-347-6647 x222.
Vistas™ is commissioned by and is property of the American Counseling Association, 5999 Stevenson Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. No part of Vistas™ may be reproduced without express permission of the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
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VISTAS Online
Women’s Career Decisions in Different Developmental Stages
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Women’s Career Decisions in Different Developmental Stages
Kay L. Bartosz, Ph.D.Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Patricia Stevens, Ph.D.Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Ellen Stevens, Ph.D. University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center
Kay L. Bartosz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult and Higher Education at Morehead State University, Morehead, KY. After receiving her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, she spent 15 years in clinical practice as a psychologist before joining the MSU faculty. Areas of interest include gender studies, counseling supervision, and community mental health. [email protected]
Patricia Stevens, Ph.D. has over 15 years of experience as a counselor educator and is currently a professor at Morehead State University. She has published and presented extensively in the areas of ethical and legal issues, marriage and family therapy, gender issues, and substance abuse. Dr. Stevens
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Women’s Career Decisions in Different Developmental Stages
is a former Fulbright Scholar who developed and implemented an international counseling training program in Malaysia. [email protected]
Ellen Stevens, Ph.D. has been an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology for 17 years, teaching courses in human development, learning, and motivation. Her research has focused on faculty development and post-secondary teaching. She has published articles in The Journal of Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, and The Journal of Faculty Development. She and her students are currently studying faculty motivation and virtual faculty development. [email protected]
Many early career development theories were created before 1960, with the
research being based solely on middle-class or upper-middle-class white men.
Though most of these theories have since been modified to try to incorporate
the experiences of women and minority groups, criticism still exists for the
neglect of these groups in career development research. Since women
represent over half the population of the United States, and the role of women
in the workplace has changed significantly since the 1960’s; these earlier
“male models” of career paths do not seem to fit what we are learning about
career decision-making in women and in minority groups (Sharf, 2002).
However, bias against seeing women’s issues as significant to career theory
still exists. In November of 2005 the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced
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