Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Gender and occupational outcomes: an introduction / Helen M.G. Watt -- Mathematics as the critical filter? -- Gender, mathematics achieveme nt, and the educational and occupational aspirations of Canadian youth / Jennifer D. Shapka, Josâe F. Domene, and Daniel P. Keating -- Mathema tics as the critical filter: curricular effects on gendered career choi ces / Xin Ma and Willis Johnson -- Psychological processes and gendered participation in math, science and technology-based careers -- What mo tivates females and males to pursue sex-stereotyped careers? / Helen M. G. Watt -- Gendered high school course selection as a precursor of gend ered careers: the mediating role of self-concept and intrinsic value / Gabriel Nagy ... [et al.] -- Testing for time-invariant and time-varyin g predictors of self-perceived ability in math, language arts, and scie nce: a look at the gender factor / Barbara M. Byrne -- A sociomotivatio nal analysis of gender effects on persistence in science and technology : a 5-year longitudinal study / Simon Larose ... [et al.] -- The import ance of family considerations, family, and biology in gendered career c hoices -- Is the desire for a family-flexible job keeping young women o ut of male-dominated occupations? / Pamela M. Frome ... [et al.] -- Gen der-typed occupational choices: the long-term impact of parents' belief s and expectations / Christina S. Chhin, Martha M. Bleeker, and Janis E . Jacobs -- Biological contributors to gendered occupational outcome: p renatal androgen effects on predictors of outcome / Sheri A. Berenbaum and Kristina L. Korman Bryk -- Social and institutional constraints on women's career development -- Gendered occupational outcomes from multi level perspectives: the case of professional training and work in Turke y / Ahu Tatl¸, Mustafa èOzbilgin, and Fatma Kèuskèu -- Advancing women faculty in science and engineering: an effort in institutional transfor mation / Abigail Stewart and Danielle LaVaque-Manty -- The continuing t echnological revolution: a comparison of three regions' strategies for creating women-inclusive workplaces / Christina M. Vogt.