Examining the differences in career thoughts of women in three low socioeconomic status groups

Abstract

The authors examined differences in career thoughts of 3 groups of women from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. The 3 groups were composed of women who were not seeking employment, women attempting to obtain General Educational Development (GED) certification prior to seeking employment, and women with disabilities who were participating in readiness-to-work programs. Results indicated that there were significant differences in participants' career thoughts. Specifically, career thoughts of women who were not seeking employment were significantly less dysfunctional than were the career thoughts of the women who were pursuing their GED certification and those of the women with disabilities who were participating in a job-readiness training program. The impact of negative career thoughts is discussed. e m . .

Attachment Style and Dysfunctional Career Thoughts: How Attachment Style Can Affect the Career Counseling Process

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Inequalities, barriers, intersectionality, and facilitators of careers of women with disabilities: Themes and future research agenda from a scoping review

“…Several recurring themes emerged while the researchers read and reviewed each publication more closely, guided by the key words and topics that emerged in the bibliometric map. Specifically, the themes identified were: Theme 1 -Career inequalities for women (vs. men) with disabilities (Reed, 2002; see Keim et al, 2002;Heydemann and Johnson, 2019;Ballo, 2020), which falls under the red cluster in Figure 2; Theme 2-Barriers to careers for women with disabilities (see Nosek and Bennett, 1996;Runte, 1998;Reed, 1999;Haq, 2003;Noonan et al, 2004;Conyers et al, 2014;Peter et al, 2018;Hanlon and Taylor, 2022;Scott, 2022), which falls under the green cluster in Figure 2; Theme 3-Educational/curriculum intervention to improve career motivations and opportunities for women with disabilities (see Lindstrom, 2000;Lindstrom and Benz, 2002;Lindstrom et al, 2008Lindstrom et al, , 2012Lindstrom et al, , 2013Lindstrom et al, , 2004Lindstrom et al, , 2019Wehmeyer et al, 2009;Miesch, 2011;Pham et al, 2020;Walden et al, 2021;Hirano et al, 2022), which falls under the green cluster in Figure 2; Theme 4-Facilitators/strategies for careers/career development of women with disabilities (see Nosek and Bennett, 1996;Runte, 1998;Reed, 1999;Keim et al, 2002;Haq, 2003;Noonan et al, 2004;Conyers et al, 2014;Hampton et al, 2015;Valtonen, 2017;…”

Psychosocial empowerment and social support factors associated with the employment status of immigrant welfare recipients

“…This variable has been used in similar studies (Kalil et al, 2001). Other variables used to evaluate job readiness, such as satisfaction with employment status (Vinokurov, Birman, & Trickett, 2002c) or positive thoughts about the career (Keim et al, 2002), were not used because the sample was homogeneous for all of them.…”

“…Job readiness is a set of skills that prepare an individual to find and perform a job effectively (Blanch, 1990;Keim et al, 2002). The capacity to remain competitive in one's occupation is a key factor related to employment.…”

“…Among the reasons cited to explain the inadequacy of some of these programs is a lack of consideration of the psychosocial characteristics and social support resources of participants. This deficiency is a consequence of limited empirical research that relates psychosocial factor to employment status among welfare recipients (Garcia-Ramirez, Martinez, & Santolaya, 2002c;Keim, Strauser, & Ketz, 2002;Martison, 2001). The purpose of the current article was to examine the role that psychological empowerment factors and social support play in the employment status of immigrant welfare recipients who participate in job-readiness programs.…”