Faculty Member Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Male Counselors in Training: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Perspective

The Lived Experiences of Men in a Master's Counseling Program

“…Although limited to men's experiences in one counselor training program, our study makes important contributions to the understanding of men's experiences in female‐concentrated training programs, and it provides counselor educators with important implications to consider. Based on our results, as well as those of Michel et al () and Michel et al (), it appears that men in female‐concentrated counselor training programs may encounter barriers that impact their success in the program while simultaneously receiving advantages. It seems important that counselor educators have an awareness of the unique barriers and advantages that men face in their specific counselor training programs.…”

“…It seems important that counselor educators have an awareness of the unique barriers and advantages that men face in their specific counselor training programs. Michel et al () found that men faced fewer barriers when faculty were aware and supportive of their unique student experience.…”

“…In female‐concentrated cultures, empathy, self‐disclosure, and emotional expressiveness are encouraged while masculine communication styles (e.g., emphasis on action, less self‐disclosure) are ignored or criticized (Wood & Inman, ). Michel et al () found that female‐concentrated cultures varied widely and were significantly shaped by faculty member attitudes toward traditional male values and gender roles. The researchers identified four female‐concentrated cultures that yielded different learning environments for male students: leadership, stigmatized, invisible, and nurtured.…”

Men in Female-Dominated Vocations: a Rationale for Academic Study and Introduction to the Special Issue

“…For example, Ko et al (2015) use Role Congruity Theory to examine how the nature of an industry (e.g., male-or female-dominated) affects self-and otherleadership ratings, based on the congruence between leader gender and the predominant gender of the industry. Michel et al (2015) consider the contexts of academic training environments as they examine the attitudes and behaviors of university faculty members who recruit, educate, and develop men in graduate counseling programs, and explore their influence on male trainees' vocational behaviors. Using the framework of social cognitive career theory, those authors examine the role of gender role socialization and stereotyping among trainers as they work to prepare male trainees for the profession.…”

Crossing Over: Interdisciplinary Research on “Men who do Women’s Work”

“…How faculty members conceptualize the challenges faced by their male students is the topic of the paper by Michel et al (2015). This paper analyzes the answers to two open-ended questions that were part of a survey administered to 168 faculty members in counselling programs in the U.S.…”