The entry of women in predominantly male professions: when training supports the search of alternative ways of organizing work time

Abstract

Following a research carried out on the integration of women in professional areas predominantly for men, this paper intends to present and debate the project of a training course which aims the transformation of the organization of work schedules in order to improve the well-being of the workers involved. The conception of training courses with this type of objective involves the confrontation and debate between the "invested skills" of the trainers and the "constituted skills" of the trainees. But will this paradigm remain intact when applied to training courses permeated by the gender dimension? That is what one will try to realize with the effective implementation of a training course, whose reflection will allow, ultimately, to enrich our understanding on gender, work, health and training.

Work Coordination as a Social Interaction Process in Nursing Staff Meetings

“…Work coordination has been approached from the viewpoint of taking care of or planning specific activities and tasks or practical processes at the workforce, and the emphasis is often on the end results of coordination instead of the process itself (e.g., Alfieri et al, 2011;Holliman et al, 2001;Liddicoat & Taylor-Leech, 2014). Work coordination has also been viewed from a perspective in which societal themes, such as gender issues, are aspects that are studied in the context of organizing work (e.g., Nogueira et al, 2012) or from a perspective of a specific phenomenon, such as leadership (e.g., Larsson & Lundholm, 2013). In this study, work coordination is viewed through communication: work coordination is examined as exchanging messages of organizing, planning, discussing, and negotiating work-related topics.…”