Men Studying "Female" Professions in Quebec

Labra, Óscar; Bergheul, Saïd; Turcotte, Pierre

doi:10.18848/2324-7576/cgp/v12i03/41-51

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“…Doubts about one's own abilities, the workload, the responsibility and too much bureaucracy reduce the motivation to pursue a career in social work (Christie and Kruk, 1998). Furthermore, social work and its unclear professional profile is mentioned as a reason for not becoming a social worker (Knill, 2012), in addition to the historical role of gender in the helping professions and the lack of emotional empathy in men (Labra et al, 2017).…”

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Why are male students less likely to opt for social science courses? A theory-driven analysis

Haunberger

Hadjar

2020

International Social Work

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In this paper, we discuss the question of why only a few men decide to study social science courses such as social work. While the conceptual base of our analysis includes the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and theories centring on gender role orientations, the empirical base is a random cluster sample of high school graduates in Switzerland. Results show different gender effects, as well as direct and indirect effects, for all the TPB factors. Gender role orientations and the question of how a social science profession fits one's own gender identity appear to be of particular importance only among male students.

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