Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this was to identify personality characteristics of professional female workers in business occupations that are traditionally dominated in number by men. The following objectives were formulated to accomplish this purpose. 1. To determine manifest needs ot professional female workers in selected business oriented occupations. 2. To determine the relationship and association of selected variables in conjunction with the manifest needs of professional workers in selected business oriented occupations. Procedure: Professional women from accounting, management, real estate, and college teaching were administered to Edwards Personnel Preference Schedule to measure manifest needs; a biographical questionnaire accompanied the EPPS to elicit information concerning occupation, age, marital status, and education. Data were gathered at meeting of professional organizations for accountants, real estate women, and managers, and on college campuses for college teachers. Analysis of variance and intercorrelation statistics were used to analyze data. Summary of Results: After data were processed, the following characteristic were observed. 1. Thirty-five percent of the women received some or all of their education in 28 states other than Texas. The mean number of years of education for 120 professionals was 14.6 years. 2. There was a relatively even distribution of women in each age level. 3. The majority of women was presently married, one-fourth were widowed or divorced, and fourteen percent were single. ...
Knotts, Rose Evelyn Lemon (1972). Manifest needs of professional female workers in business oriented occupations. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -184816.