A Multicase Study of the Impact of Perceived Gender Roles on the Career Decisions of Women in Science-Related Careers

Autor/in	Hren, Stephen Frank
Titel	A Multicase Study of the Impact of Perceived Gender Roles on the Career Decisions of Women in Science-Related Careers
Quelle	(2012), (294 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Utah State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2678-3387-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Gender Issues; Sex Role; Child Development; Young Adults; Career Development; Decision Making; Females; Womens Education; Career Choice; Sciences; Case Studies; Parent Influence; Family Influence; Teacher Influence; Mentors; Cooperation; Social Support Groups; Opportunities; Postsecondary Education; Feminism; Social Class; Experience; Cultural Influences; Rural Areas; Individual Characteristics; Empathy; Researchers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterrolle; Kindesentwicklung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Berufsentwicklung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Science; Wissenschaft; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Co-operation; Kooperation; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Möglichkeit; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Feminismus; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Erfahrung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Empathie; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine how perceived gender roles developed throughout childhood and early adulthood impacted the career decisions of women in science-related career fields. An additional purpose was to determine if my experiences as I analyzed the data and the propositions discovered in the study would become a transformative agent for me. A multicase framework was utilized so that within and between case analyses could be achieved. Four women who showed early promise in science were chosen as the case study participants. The relationship of gender roles to the career decisions made by the four cases were arbitrated through three areas: (a) supports, which came from parents, immediate family members, spouses, teachers, mentors, and collaborators; (b) opportunities, which were separated into family experiences and opportunities, school and community opportunities, and postsecondary/current opportunities; and (c) postmodern feminism, which was the lens that grounded this study and fit well with the lives of the cases. As seen through a postmodern feminist lens, the cases' social class, their lived experiences tied to their opportunities and supports, and the culture of growing up in a small rural community helped them develop personas for the professions they chose even where those professions did not necessarily follow from the early promise shown for a science-related career. In addition, as related to my transformation as a male researcher, being a male conducting research in a realm most often shared by women, I was able to gain greater empathy and understanding of what it takes for women to be successful in a career and at the same time maintain a fruitful family life. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01