Comparison Of Women Research Articles

Some Comparisons of Women's Sport in East and West

This study examines the relative contributions of women in selected Western and Eastern countries to the sporting achievements of their national teams, particularly in the Olympic Games. It would seem evident that the public fact of women displaying physical and cerebral skill, strength, courage and grace, winning recognition for club or country, the self- acting behaviour and bodily liberation associated with sport are all serving to promote the notion of independent women acting in their own right. This is challenging the whole set of cultural and traditional attitudes about women's position and role in society. Thus sport may work as an agent of social change.

Women and Business Management

From the days in the mid-nineteenth century when the intrepid Margaret LaForge worked as the first lady boss of Macy's Department Store, women have been present in the work force as business managers, but never in significant numbers.1 In recent years, however, a convergence of legal, educational, demographic, and social developments have begun to move women into the mainstream of corporate management. This review essay analyzes the present state of research primarily from the United States on women as managers in business, commerce, and industry. As with many subjects dealing with the study of women, research on this one both benefits and suffers from falling between the territorial definitions of the disciplines. The subject is divided among a range of fields and subspecialties: industrial psychology, business administration, human resource development, industrial education, sociology, communications, management, and organizational psychology. Recently, there has been a rapid increase in research, more integrative work, and the emergence of a visible, major body of literature.2

Comparison of Women's Beginning Tennis Skills Under Three Different Time Schedules

This study compared the knowledge and skill attained by university women (N = 96) in beginning tennis under three different time schedules. Scores on a wallboard test, achievement tests of serve accuracy and speed, and a written test were compared to determine achievement of women in beginning tennis classes. Although all groups improved on the wallboard test, ANCOVA revealed no significant F ratios among the groups on any of the motor performance tests. ANOVA procedures revealed no significant differences between the groups on the written examination. Findings indicate that time schedules may not be as important as other factors in the learning and performance of tennis skills, as measured by the dependent variables in this study.

Comparison of women's studies students with female golf star athletes on the 16 PF.

29 female students in the first author's psychology of women took the 16 PF, along with 8 female golf stars and 8 average female golf team members. The women's studies students were significantly more venture-some, more tough-minded, and more imaginative than the female golf stars.

Comparison of women's liberation members with their nonmember peers.

The Torrance Life Experience Inventory, 107 items concerning an individual's family as well as his past and current behaviors, was administered to 25 Women's Liberation members and 25 peers. On achievement for excellence, creativity, elaboration, originality, and risk-taking, members of women's liberation had higher means than their 25 nonmember peers. Significant differences ( p = .01) were found on risk-taking, creativity, and originality. Significant differences in activities were also found. More women's liberation members reported receiving honors for things they did outside the classroom. Women's liberation members had higher grade averages in school than their nonmember peers.