Gender Differences in Family Expectations and Subsequent Career Decisions Among College Students.

Color poster with text and graphs describing research conducted by Emily Cooper, Ashley Vacha, and Amanda Albert, advised by Melissa J. Bonstead-Bruns.The work-family conflict is part of many adults' lives. This study looks at how college students are planning for the work-family conflict in their future. Initial results indicate that women are planning for this conflict in majors that they coose and the careers that they expect to achieve, whereas men generally are not.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs