@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00011643,
 author = {Inoue-Smith, Yukiko},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {南太平洋研究, South Pacific Study},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {The current study examines young Japanese women’s attitudes toward work and marriage, and 
the degrees to which they see their career goals as complementing or conflicting with other aspects of 
their lives. The data were collected using a questionnaire-based survey: providing unique information 
on awareness of gender differences in workplaces among undergraduate women (N = 577) at a large 
national university in Japan. The results are complex: indicating an increase in the numbers of career-
minded women, but also that many women still approach their careers in a very conservative way. 
This implies that Japan remains far behind many other developed countries in terms of how women 
are encouraged to approach their careers, and in how companies make use of female human capital as 
well. The results indicate a need to educate both male and female students on these issues in order to 
support female students in their decisions on how to participate in the labor force. Implications of the 
results and directions for future research are also discussed.},
 pages = {41--61},
 title = {Aspirations for career and marriage among young Japanese women: the case of Okayama University},
 volume = {34},
 year = {2013}
}