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This article examines why men enter female-dominated occupations by using the case study of nursing. Research on mens entrance into atypical fields has looked at either motivational or career paths differences between men and women. I integrate these approaches by examining how mens prior work experience influences their subsequent career decisions and motivations. I find that male nurses are more likely to have had a prior healthcare job and this exposure helps them to recast nursing from a female-only job to an acceptable career choice. This reorientation job experience is a way for men to overcome informal barriers of "social control" (Jacobs 1989) to entering a female-dominated occupation. |
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| Snyder, Karrie. and Green, Adam. "Insider Knowledge and Male Nurses: Why Men Enter Female-Dominated Occupations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-10-22 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p177452_index.html> |
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| Snyder, K. A. and Green, A. I. , 2007-08-11 "Insider Knowledge and Male Nurses: Why Men Enter Female-Dominated Occupations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2008-10-22 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p177452_index.html |
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Abstract: This article examines why men enter female-dominated occupations by using the case study of nursing. Research on mens entrance into atypical fields has looked at either motivational or career paths differences between men and women. I integrate these approaches by examining how mens prior work experience influences their subsequent career decisions and motivations. I find that male nurses are more likely to have had a prior healthcare job and this exposure helps them to recast nursing from a female-only job to an acceptable career choice. This reorientation job experience is a way for men to overcome informal barriers of "social control" (Jacobs 1989) to entering a female-dominated occupation. |
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| Insider Knowledge and Male Nurses: Why Men Enter Female-Dominated Occupations Karrie Ann Snyder Institute for Women’s Health Research Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University karrie-snyder@northwestern.edu Abstract: This article examines why men enter female-dominated occupations by using the case study of nursing. Research on men’s entrance into atypical fields has looked at either motivational or career paths differences between men and women. I integrate these approaches by examining how men’s prior work experience influences their subsequent career decisions and motivations. |
| Career Opportunities for Women and the Declining Interest in Nursing as a Career." Nursing Economics 18: 230-236. Williams Christine L. 1992. "The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the ‘Female’ Professions." Social Problems 39: 253-267. Williams Christine L. (ed.) 1993. Doing “Women’s Work”: Men in Nontraditional Occupations. New York: Sage Publications. Williams L. Susan and Wayne J. Villemez. 1993. "Seekers and Finders: Male Entry and Exit in Female- Dominated Jobs." In Christine L. Williams (ed.) Doing "Women's Work:" |
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