Abstract This research seeks to conceptualize how the communication messages that women received as they entered the workplace during the tumultuous seventies have impacted their own self-images, their perceptions of reality and, by extension, their lives. The aim of this research is not just to provide an overview of the lives of women in male-dominated professions nor to encourage young women to enter non-traditional occupations. Rather, this study seeks to recognize and understand the reasons...

Introduction [excerpt] The focus of this literature review will be on the same gender (women) superior and subordinate work relationship within an organization and if the types of communication styles and behaviors used are effective. Evaluating the issue of effectiveness will play a small role in determining if discrimination still exists for women in the workplace. Sometimes women establish their own way of effectively communicating in their organization and establish a network to protect them and create...