CAREER-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE AND FEMALE NEWS DIRECTORS

A national survey assessed variables related to career progress by men and women in broadcast news management. Fifty-two male and fifty-five female news directors of TV stations were interviewed by telephone. A t work,the women and men expressed similarity in their job satisfactio n, management styles, and optimism about their careers. They differed in career goals and the forms of discrimination they had encountered. Differences were greater at home, where female news directors had more family responsibilities and stress than did their male counterparts.