This study reviews studies on white-collar workers and women's labor in Japan, and exploresthe research approach to women clerks and the processes of care er development.Four important points should be considered when studying women clerks and careerdevelopment. First, substantive case studies should be conducted. Second, researchers shouldanalyze job relocation and promotion of personnel, focusing on skill accumulation through on-thejobtraining (OJT). Third, research must discuss relations between "differences" and "power"in sex and employee status, and not simply report diversification of employment in work places.Fourth, research must introduce a gender perspective into business organizations and institutions,highlighting the various factors that determine the connections among position, treatment, and gender.