Investigating the Career Development of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People: Methodological Considerations and Recommendations

Interpersonal Influences on Students' Academic and Career Decisions: The Impact of Sexual Orientation

“…As expected, GLB students were more likely to endorse the importance of a career role model's sexual orientation and support of people with their own sexual orientation. Career intervention and research implications are discussed.The unique concerns of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) individuals have been identified as a critical area ofinquiry in the career development literature (Bieschke & Matthews, 1996;Croteau, 1996;Lonborg & Phillips, 1996). Because of"stereotypes, discrimination, environmental barriers, and other forms ofbiasthat typically impede the development ofminority groups" (Herr & Cramer, 1988, p. 154), theorists have suggested that the career decision making and implementation ofGLB individuals may be particularly difficult when compared with that of heterosexual individuals.…”

Encountering stereotype threat in the workplace : how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees meet the challenge of negative stereotyping.

“…As noted earlier by Lonborg and Phillips (1996) and Adams et al (2003), while an increasing amount of attention has been paid to the career development issues of…”

“…Much controversy exists over which criteria best describes sexual orientation. The literature suggests using a multi-dimensional evaluation to determine the sexual orientation of the subjects (Aidala, Lee, Garbers, & Chiasson, 2006;Alderson, 2003;Horowitz & Newcomb, 2002;Lonborg & Phillips, 1996;Sell, 1997). The researcher, however, will choose to assess sexual orientation and gender identity using one question to ask the subject to self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or other.…”

“…To the extent that a person chooses not to participate in research for fear of being discovered, self-disclosure remains a limitation. To address this limitation, Lonborg andPhillips (1996) andCho andLaRose (1999) recommend that researchers work to ensure both the confidentiality of research participants, and their anonymity (Riggle, Rostosky, and Reedy (2005) address these concerns regarding the use of Internet surveys). Though confidentiality guarantees discretion in the use of personal information gathered from a participant, anonymity promises inability to connect the participant with hislher responses.…”

“…The research that has been -8 -conducted focused primarily on issues of work discrimination and sexual identity management (Chung, 2003). Moreover, while there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to the career development issues of this minority group over the past two decades, much of the research has not been theory-based (Lonborg & Phillips, 1996;Adams et al, 2005).…”