Sex Differences in Career Development, Professional Participation and Perceptions of the Mentoring and Collegial Relationships of Directors of Illinois Community Mental Health Centers

This study examined differences in the career and professional experiences of men and women holding leadership roles in community mental health in an effort to provide an explanation for the underrepresentation of women in these roles. It was hypothesized that male and female executive directors of community mental health centers would differ with respect to career determinants, career patterns, professional participation, and receipt of mentoring functions. Male executive directors were expected to exceed the women in all areas except internal mobility and emotional support. A second purpose of the study was to obtain information on executive directors' careers and collegial relationships in order to provide a basis for further investigations of this occuptional group.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Skarjune, Jean Anne Benacker

• Education, Educational Psychology

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8521881

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69006