Session Summary

Session Number:234
Session ID:S1024
Session Title:Careers in Transition--A Gliding Path for the New Millenuium--A Sequence of Steps
Short Title:Careers in Transition
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt East
Floor:LL2
Room:GndBall B
Time:Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Sponsors

CAR  (Jay Mahoney)Mahoneyj@saturn.montclair.edu (973) 655-7476 
GDO  (Audrey Murrell)amurrell@katz.business.pitt.edu (412) 648-1651 

General People

Organizer Moore, Dorothy Perrin Citadel moored@citadel.edu (843)-883-3089 
Chair Powell, Gary N. U. of Connecticut gary@sba.uconn.edu 860-486-3862 
Organizer Stroh, Linda K. Loyola U. lstroh@loyola.edu 312-915-6609 
Organizer Reilly, Anne H Loyola U. areilly@wpo.it.luc.edu (312)-915-6537 
Organizer Ragins, Belle Rose U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ragins@uwm.edu 1-414-229-6823 
Organizer Anderson, Joan  James H. Anderson, Inc. jhainc@ibm.net (708)-345-2400 
Discussant Powell, Gary N. U. of Connecticut gary@sba.uconn.edu 860-486-3862 

Submissions

Abstract

This symposium examines career, mentoring, and entrepreneurial research on women. The objectives of the symposium are to offer new perspectives on the dilemmas women in the workforce face in career management and suggest new career development models. Linda Stroh and Anne Reilly present overviews of the career issues faced by managers and professionals and examine differences attributable to sex or gender at career stages such as the development of attitudes toward work, the role of education in career choice, and career paths and patterns, including career interruptions and breaks. Belle Rose Ragins examines what we know, what we need to know, and potential pitfalls in conducting gender research on mentoring. Her presentation provides insights into how mentors are not only essential for women but also how they can both protect them from discrimination and help them to learn what men traditionally learn from networking. Dorothy Moore examines the rapid increase in women-owned businesses as a new pattern in women's career development and suggests a research typology for a model of women entrepreneurs in this context. Joan Anderson, CEO, James Anderson, Inc., describes her career development in corporate and venture ownership settings in the field of mechanical contracting. Her experiences offer a role model for women in traditionally male-typed occupations.