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Successful Career Women : Their Professional and Personal Characteristics (Contributions in Women's Studies)
Successful Career Women Their Professional and Personal Characteristics - Contributions in Women's Studies Author:Cecilia Ann Northcutt The dramatic increase in women's participation in the labor force has prompted considerable interest among researchers, particularly those interested in women, careers, and career development. Cecilia Northcutt's study attempts to identify the personal characteristics that successful career women have in common across career fields and to formul... more »ate a more appropriate female model for success. Using data based on a questionnaire that gathered information on self-esteem, achievement motivation, self-descriptive words, ethnicity, age, income level, and occupation, Northcutt offers some provocative suggestions about the personal and professional characteristics of successful career women.« less