Career status and satisfaction of women psychologists in medical schools.

Abstract

There are indications that a similar situation exists in the medical schools. Despite the rapid expansion in the number of psychologists in medical schools between 1955 and 1964, it is possible that the status of women psychologists in that setting actually declined. During that period, there was a greater proportion of women in lower status positions, whereas the proportion of full-time, female PhD psychologists in medical schools was neither increasing along with the overall rapid expansion of full-time PhD psychologists in this setting, nor growing in line with the increase in the proportion of women receiving PhDs in psychology (Smith & Grant, 1959;Wagner, 1968;Wright, 1966).The main purpose of this article was to investigate the present status of women in medical schools with regard to their representation, productivity, rank, function, and salary. In addition, differences between men and women in terms of their professional satisfaction and perceived autonomy are considered.

Psychologists in schools of medicine in 1977: An overview.

“…Clearly psychology was in a very different place in 1964 when the last survey was carried out. With the exception of Myra Nathan's data (Nathan, Rouce, & Lubin, 1979) it would appear that by and large all is well in medical academia for psychologists. Ronald Nathan's findings (Nathan, Millham, & Lubin, 1979) came as a surprise.…”

“…It is this kind of basic information about the 2,336 psychology faculty members that is not available in any of the presentations, yet is crucial to an understanding of the results. Some of the details in the article by Nathan, Rouce, & Lubin (1979) on psychology in medical schools are of great significance. Medical schools have long been known as the bastion of male prerogatives and male dominance.…”

An Investigation of Personality Traits in Relation to Career Satisfaction

“…Career satisfaction has been studied in a variety of different contexts, including its relationship to school teachers' skills, values, and professional accomplishments (Chapman, 1982); role harmony of female physicians (Walfish, Polifka, & Stenmark, 1985); salary and promotions (Seibert, Crant, & Kraimer, 1999), burnout, and career stress of counselor education professionals (Bozionelos, 1996); organizational support and work pressure of female professionals and managers (Richardsen, Mikkelsen, & Burke, 1997); career salience and role-management strategies of dual career couples (Bird & Russell, 1986); career mentoring (Nash, Norcross, & Prochaska, 1984); differences between physicians and psychiatrists (Sturm, 2001); career plateauing (Patterson, Sutton, & Schuttenberg, 1987); career choice factors for social workers (Hanson & McCullagh, 1997); work-family integration and structural work variables (Aryee, Chay, & Tan, 1994); work-personal life balance of female professionals and managers (Burke, 2001); career status of female psychologists in medical schools (Nathan, Rouce, & Lubin, 1979); and demographic, human capital, motivational, organizational, and industry/region variables (Judge et al, 1995). Tharenou (1997) noted that few studies in this area have taken a personological approach.…”

Medical School Characteristics Associated With the Employment of Psychologists.

“…The formation of Division 38 of the American Psychological Association, Health Psychology, and the launching of the Journal of Behavioral Medicine reflect heightened attention to medical psychology. The rate of growth of psychologists in U.S. schools of medicine has outstripped indices of growth and emplbyment opportunities for psychologists in most other settings.Recent articles have explored the growing number of staff psychologists in U.S. medical schools , the pattern of organizational structures for psychologists in schools of medicine and associated professional roles and attitudes (Nathan, Millham, & Lubin, 1979), the longitudinal trends reflected in three national surveys of medical school psychologists and their professional activities (Nathan, Lubin, Matarazzo, & Persley, 1979), the possible indicators of sex bias in the hiring and promotion of female psychologists in medical schools (Nathan, Rouce, & Lubin, 1979), and the voting memberships of psychologists on the staffs of university-affiliated hospitals .The purpose of this communication is to present results from analyses correlating the number of psychologists employed in the 115 U.S. medical schools in 1977 with some of the schools' demographic characteristics, as well as the schools' perceived reputations.…”

“…Recent articles have explored the growing number of staff psychologists in U.S. medical schools , the pattern of organizational structures for psychologists in schools of medicine and associated professional roles and attitudes (Nathan, Millham, & Lubin, 1979), the longitudinal trends reflected in three national surveys of medical school psychologists and their professional activities (Nathan, Lubin, Matarazzo, & Persley, 1979), the possible indicators of sex bias in the hiring and promotion of female psychologists in medical schools (Nathan, Rouce, & Lubin, 1979), and the voting memberships of psychologists on the staffs of university-affiliated hospitals .…”