Constructing Family‐Friendly Careers: Mothers' Experiences

Jackson, Aaron P.; Scharman, Janet S.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00181.x

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“…Alon, Donahoe, and Tienda (2001) identified amount, timing, and volatility of early work experiences as strong influences on young women's labor force attachment. Jackson and Scharman (2002) responded to this research by studying "women who construct their careers to allow them to spend significant time with their children" (p. 181). They found that these women preferred familyfriendly careers that required less than 30 hours of work per week and that allowed for flexible work schedules and significant family time.…”

Section: Work-life Balance Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Physicians, professors, and lawyers, who described many demands, challenges, and obstacles in their career advancement, including tenure requirements and partner track expectations, accepted primary responsibility for the management of family and home. Jackson and Scharman (2002) have stressed that a qualitative analysis is never completed. As our research was being completed, we became even more aware of the rich opportunities for expansion and extension of the current study to other, more diversified populations.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Choices and Challenges: A Qualitative Exploration of Professional Women's Career Patterns

Whitmarsh

Brown

Cooper

et al. 2007

The Career Development Quart

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With the rapid changes occurring in the role of work in women's lives, this research project was designed to examine the career planning, career decision making, and work history of women in both female-dominated and gender-neutral careers (U.S. Department of Labor, n.d.-a). A qualitative analysis of structured interviews identified 6 emerging themes: variations of career/family patterns, career encouragers, career obstacles, personal compromises, career changes, and career decision-making patterns. Insights for strengthening the exploration process and strategies for supporting career management are presented based on the emerging themes. Although the study of gender differences in career behavior was limited in seminal career development theories, Cook, Heppner, and O'Brien (2002) suggested that current career development concepts continue to reflect male worldviews. These basic assumptions include a separation of work and family roles in people's lives; a reverence for individualism and autonomy; the centrality of work in people's lives; a linear, progressive, and rational nature of the career development process; and the structure of opportunity. Many contemporary researchers have called for new theoretical models to be developed to adequately address the uniqueness and complexity of women's career development (Astin, 1984;Betz & Fitzgerald, 1987;Fassinger, 1990). Gottfredson (2005) has provided an alternative view of career development with an emphasis on gender appropriateness and status as critical developmental factors in career decision making. She asserted that young children initially hold positive attitudes toward all occupations. However, as the self-concept and accompanying gender identity develop, children begin to restrict occupational preferences to those identified as appropriate for men or women,

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Section: The Second Shiftmentioning

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Choices and Challenges: A Qualitative Exploration of Professional Women's Career Patterns

Whitmarsh

Brown

Cooper

et al. 2007

The Career Development Quart

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“…Additionally, Henderson (2000) indicated that encouraging clients to pursue their inherent talents can help them increase their work satisfaction, thus increasing their overall life satisfaction. Because spousal support has been found to be influential in becoming satisfied with one's work role, Jackson and Scharman (2002) suggested having the spouse of a client who is presenting with career concerns attend counseling with the client.…”

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Relationships Between Parental Attachment, Work and Family Roles, and Life Satisfaction

Perrone

Webb

Jackson

2007

The Career Development Quart

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental attachment and satisfaction with work and family roles, as well as the relationship of these variables to life satisfaction. Results from a multiple regression analysis indicated that satisfaction with work and marriage, but not parenting satisfaction or parental attachment, was significantly related to life satisfaction. Responses to open‐ended questions indicated that parental attachment relationships affected participants' career, marriage, parenting, and life satisfaction in varied and complex ways. Implications for counselors and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…Charity-Leeke (2012) states that male and female gender linked stereotypes affect socio-cultural roles and expectations of these groups and are commonly over-generalized by public. Jackson and Scharman (2002) define male gender linked stereotypes' descriptors as physically strong, assertive, albeit aggressive, those who work outdoors, who work with their hands, who are breadwinners for their families and female descriptors as gentle, unassertive, team players, more interested in people than things, nurturers, caregivers, and homemakers. The findings of this research as well have parallels with the findings in literature, both for male and female gender linked stereotypes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Origins of Perceptions regarding Gender of Scientist among Secondary School Students

Karaçam¹

2017

HUJE

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ABSTRACT:The purpose of this study is to investigate the origins of secondary school students' perceptions of gender of scientist. For this purpose, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in this study. Totally 592 students from five secondary schools in the central of Düzce participated in this study in 2014-2015 academic years. To determine students' perceptions of gender of scientist, a questionnaire consisting of openended questions and a semi-structured interview were developed. Although the questionnaire was administered to all students, the interviews were conducted with 120 students selected randomly. The data obtained through data collection techniques were combined and encoded by two researchers participating in the research process. The results of the study indicated that students' cultural background, scientist figures presented in printed and visual media and the use of the terms "Man of Science" or "Scientist" to identify people specialized in science affected students' perceptions of gender of scientists. According to cultural background, while some students adopting traditional/ patriarchal culture identified scientist as a male based on male gender linked stereotypes or as a female based on female gender linked stereotypes, others adopting modern/western culture and protesting gender linked stereotypes thought scientist as a male and female. Keywords: Scientist image, male scientist, career choice ÖZ: Bu çalışmanın amacı ortaokul öğrencilerinin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarının kökenlerini incelemektir. Araştırmaya Düzce merkez ilçede bulunan beş ortaokulda 2014-2015 öğretim yılında öğrenim gören 592 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmada öğrencilerin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarını belirlemek için açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket uygulanmış ve yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yapılmıştır. Anket tüm öğrencilere uygulanmasına karşın, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme rastgele seçilen 120 öğrenciyle yapılmıştır. Veri toplama araçlarından elde edilen veriler birleştirilmiş ve iki alan uzmanı tarafından kodlanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğrencilerin kültürel alt yapılarının, yazılı ve görsel medyada sunulan bilim insanı figürlerinin ve toplumda bilim alanındaki uzmanları tanımlamak için "bilim adamı" kavramının kullanılmasının öğrencilerin bilim insanının cinsiyetine yönelik algılarının etkilediği bulunmuştur. Öğrencilerin kültürel alt yapılarındaki farklılık nedeniyle, bilim insanının cinsiyetine ilişkin farklı fikirler ileri sürmüşlerdir. Geleneksel kültüre sahip öğrencilerin toplumdaki basmakalıp (maskülin) erkek imgesi temelinde bilim insanının erkek olabileceğini ileri sürmüşlerdir. Toplumdaki basmakalıp bayan imgesi temelinde bilim insanını bayan olarak tanımlarken ise, toplumdaki basmakalıp erkek ve bayan imgelerini reddetmişlerdir. Ayrıca modern/batı kültürünü benimseyen öğrenciler ise bilim insanının bayan veya erkek olabileceğini ileri sürmüşlerdir. Anahtar Kavramlar: Bilim insanı imgesi, bilim insanı, kariyer seçimi

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Constructing Family‐Friendly Careers: Mothers' Experiences

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

Choices and Challenges: A Qualitative Exploration of Professional Women's Career Patterns

Choices and Challenges: A Qualitative Exploration of Professional Women's Career Patterns

Relationships Between Parental Attachment, Work and Family Roles, and Life Satisfaction

The Origins of Perceptions regarding Gender of Scientist among Secondary School Students

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