On the bottom rung: A discussion of women's work in sociology

Scott, Sue; Porter, Marianne

doi:10.1016/0277-5395(83)90012-2

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“…They also recount being marginalized within their own academic department (Scott and Porter, 1984, p. 181), in terms of facilities, social encounters, and academic status. The last process they describe (Scott and Porter, 1983) in the following manner:…”

Section: Research Methods -Researching Peers and Familiar Settings 215mentioning

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Research methods ‐‐ researching peers and familiar settings

Hockey

1993

Research Papers in Education

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This paper presents a review of the research methods literature examining the benefits and pitfalls of doing research in familiar settings and amongst peers, and encompasses educational literature, and material from the disciplines of anthropology and sociology within which very similar problems are encountered.The advantages of researching in familiar settings, for example the relative lack of culture shock or disorientation, the possibility of enhanced rapport and communication, the ability to gauge the honesty and accuracy of responses, and the likelihood that respondents will reveal more intimate details of their lives to someone considered empathetic are juxtaposed with the problems that proponents of insider research nevertheless acknowledge. In addition to the oft-cited problems of over-familiarity and taken-for-granted assumptions, large amounts of impression management may be required of the insider researcher in order to avoid manifesting out-group or undesirable characteristics. There may be greater expectations of an insider than of a stranger, particularly with regard to active participation in the social world of those under study. The relativity of insider status is also discussed, for researchers need to be aware of the partialness of their insider knowledge and to be wary of assuming that their views are more widespread or representative than is the case. The strategies employed by researchers in order to deal with problems of researching familiar settings are outlined, together with the costs incurred, for while strangers may risk 'going native', there are also dangers in the obverse possibility of a native 'going stranger'.The second section of the paper deals with the problems of researching peers. In contrast to the relative abundance of literature on researching in familiar settings, there is scant literature on this related area. The specific difficulties of undertaking this kind of research are highlighted, including the blurring of roles of researcher and researched, and deciding which role to adopt: researcher, friend, or a combination. A particular problem of conducting research on trained social scientists is their tendency to offer a version of the world already filtered through the lens of their particular discipline.

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Section: Research Methods -Researching Peers and Familiar Settings 215mentioning

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Research methods ‐‐ researching peers and familiar settings

Hockey

1993

Research Papers in Education

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“…The normative and structural reasons for the generally low level of extrinsic forms of achievement by professional and business women has been amply explored, for instance, on women in banking (Alexander & Sapery, 1972), women in law (Epstein, 1980;Spencer & Podmore, 1984;Yogev, 1983), women in architecture and chemical engineering (Mannheim & Schiffrin, 1984), women in medicine (Lorber, 1981(Lorber, , 1984, women in academe (Scott & Porter, 1983), women in management (Dexter, 1985;Lorber, 1983), and women in professional sport (Theberg, 1980). In maledominated professions, where women take an average of 11 more years to reach the same level as do their male colleagues of comparable qualifications and experience (Gomez-Meija, 1983), established norms and practices within the structure of each profession act as obstacles to advancement.…”

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“…Where women act in a service capacity and depend on others for their authority, the "caring" focus of their work unwittingly helps to perpetuate some blurring of the boundary between domestic and professional roles (Etzioni, 1975). Work resembling that traditionally associated with housewifely and nurturing roles is given lower value in terms of extrinsic rewards than that associated with instrumental and leadership roles (Daley, 1985;Scott & Porter, 1983;Yogev, 1983).…”

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On My Own Terms: The Redefinition of Success in Nursing

Buscherhof

Seymour²

1990

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Studies seeking predictors of success among professional women, including nurses, define "success" largely in extrinsic terms. In the findings of two studies of nurses (N = 200; N = 722), intrinsic forms of success emerge as more highly valued than externally measured achievements. Other studies of nurses and professional women show similar findings. This is argued to reflect realism about the structural obstacles and personal costs involved in vertical careers and the balancing of priorities important to women. Success defined as personal satisfaction is particularly appropriate in an economic climate where the success ethic is less viable and self-evaluation in extrinsic terms is psychologically risky.

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“…Some material touches on the management of contract researchers (for example, Roth, 1966; Wakeford, 1985; Burgess, 1994). A limited amount of qualitative material examines contract researchers' occupational lives (for example, Stronach and Macdonald, 1991; Whiston, n.d.) and is supplemented by a small number of personal accounts of life as a contract researcher (see for example, Scott and Porter, 1983, 1984; Scott, 1985; Pole, 1995; Pirrie, 1997).…”

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Working at a Marginal ‘Career’: The Case of UK Social Science Contract Researchers

Allen‐Collinson

2003

The Sociological Review

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Contract researchers constitute a significant occupational group within the UK higher education system, and the products of their labour are crucial to the research profile of the institutions in which they work and to the sector as a whole.. Given the 'marginality' of the contract researcher role, with its attendant insecurities and inferior employment conditions in comparison with 'permanent' faculty, it is perhaps not surprising that relatively few individuals manage to sustain any continuity of employment resembling a career path. The fact that some researchers do succeed in achieving this is therefore worthy of investigation. This paper examines and charts some of the ways in which contract researchers manage their everyday work routines and construct a presentation of self in order to maximise opportunities for 'staying in the game'.

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On the bottom rung: A discussion of women's work in sociology

Cited by 10 publications

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Research methods ‐‐ researching peers and familiar settings

Research methods ‐‐ researching peers and familiar settings

On My Own Terms: The Redefinition of Success in Nursing

Working at a Marginal ‘Career’: The Case of UK Social Science Contract Researchers

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