Equal Talents—Unequal Measures: skilled women workers in Austria's metal industry

In the context of an action-research project on young women in non-traditional occupations, a variety of barriers as well as chances to build up a career as skilled workers have been identified. Although the women are motivated and competent craft workers, their abilities and aptitudes are measured against what women in industry ‘normally’ do. As a consequence, they find themselves in an unstable in-between position between unskilled women workers and their skilled male colleagues. This unequal situation (which becomes visible in specific work assignments and on the pay slip) restricts opportunity for promotion and makes many women behave as if they were locked in low income, dead-end positions. Still, the women have developed pride in their skills. They identify strongly with craft work and use their technical competence successfully in their private struggle for recognition and independence.     

Peer Supervision: Toward More Effective Training

This article discusses peer supervision as a vehicle for increasing student responsibility for self-assessment and peer assessment, and increasing independence and interdependence among students for professional and personal growth. The article also explains a model currently in use in a master's degree program in counseling. Included are rationale, definition, implementation, evaluation, and recommendations for use.     

Cross-Cultural Counseling Supervision: What do we Know? What do we Need to Know?

This article provides a critical review of the theoretical and empirical literature on cross-cultural counseling supervision. In addition to summarizing and critiquing this literature, recommendations for future research or “what do we need to know” are presented.