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This article reviews research literature of the past 15 years to assess the impact of four factors on women's career continuity: (a) husband's attitude toward his wife's paid employment, ( b ) financial considerations, (c) household responsibilities, and ( d ) wife's personality variables. Particular issues relevant to career counselors are highlighted throughout this review and a variety of career related strategies are presented that can be used to assist clients in achieving this balance. As the number of women in the labor force continues to increase, women's ability to effectively balance family and career concerns will be essential to successful and continuous employment.Over the last two decades couples have redefined marital norms with respect to work and family life, The "typical" American family no longer consists of employed father and homemaker mother, but more often consists of couples where both spouses are employed. Women are coming to career counselors for help in finding jobs, to learn new and more effective ways to work and to master a variety of work-relevant behaviors. Yet, the ability to effectively balance the roles of wife, mother, and employed woman can be one of the most complex and difficult challenges to career success and continuity.The goals of this review article are twofold: first, to review and integrate the literature on working families so that counselors will be better able to define and understand the factors that affect women's performance, advancement, a n d continuity i n t h e workforce; second, to review and propose to counselors some Marian Stoltz-Loike is a family and career consultant for Stoltz-Loike Associate, Flushing, New York. 244THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY / MARCH 1992 / VOL. 40

The author reviews and summarizes more than 200 articles related to career development issues that were published in 1995. The goals were to identify articles relevant to clinicians and to provide a comprehensive and coherent overview of the career development literature. The articles were reviewed and organized within seven areas: counselor‐client relations, business and industry, university career centers, career development theories, gender differences, work and family issues, and cross‐cultural issues. Implications for future research directions and for assisting clients with their career development challenges are discussed.

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