Nurses in Mauritius motivated by extrinsic rewards: A qualitative study of factors determining recruitment and career choices

Hollup, Oddvar

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.05.011

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“…Vacancies in the public sector, such as student nurse, are advertised by the Public Service Commission, the body which undertakes the actual recruitment process based on educational qualifications and interviews of selected candidates. Nursing is a government job that is considered a highly attractive employment opportunity by both young, educated women and men, especially among those with working class background, owing to its job security and financial security (Hollup 2012 She told that males have more opportunities for promotions as they were supported by a male dominant ideology where leadership was considered a masculine attribute. It takes longer for female nurses to get promoted because they need a one year midwifery course before getting promoted.…”

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“…Although relying on qualitative interviews, the research has been facilitated by contextual knowledge and benefited from previous ethnographic studies on the island for the past twenty years (Hollup 1993(Hollup , 1994(Hollup , 2012. Other possible limitations to the research related to reflexivity, positioning of the researcher and personal bias or prejudice have been dealt with elsewhere (see 5.1 limitations to the research, page 23).…”

Section: Recruitment Of Participantsmentioning

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“…However, both the title 'nursing officer' and the word 'nurse' are rarely used in addressing Both sexes held a much more pragmatic and materialistic perception of nursing, treating it as a job like any other job in the public sector, stressing extrinsic rewards as their prime motivation at the expense of intrinsic rewards (Hollup 2012). The great majority of respondents joined nursing not because they liked to do nursing or considered it a vocation, but because they had no other options when offered this government job.…”

Section: A Non-gendered Occupation Suitable To Both Sexesmentioning

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“…The proportion of men in the nursing population in most countries ranges between five and ten per cent, with the exception of southern Europe (such as Italy, Spain, and Portugal with more than 20 per cent male nurses) and some countries in West Africa which have an even higher proportion of male nurses (Purnell 2007). In Mauritius, men constitute almost 50 per cent of all nurses working in all fields of nursing (Hollup 2012). …”

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“…Rather, nursing in this context is not a low-status job but an attractive career. This is due to government employment, job security, good income, social mobility and the prospects of international migration (Hollup 2012). Gender is at work when stereotypical views of masculinity and femininity and gender relations are allowed to determine where nurses of different sexes should be allowed to work and with which kinds of patients.…”

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The impact of gender, culture, and sexuality on Mauritian nursing: Nursing as a non-gendered occupational identity or masculine field? Qualitative study

Hollup

2014

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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BackgroundInternational studies have generally defined nursing as a female-dominated occupation. The almost absence of male nurses seems universal, except as a privileged minority occupying positions within nursing specialties ('islands of masculinity'). Nursing is associated with relatively low status owing to gender and income, and is also influenced by cultural perceptions of social status, the nature of the work and sexuality. ObjectiveThis study aims to describe and analyse how gender and cultural perceptions influenced the development of nursing in Mauritius. This paper examines why nursing in Mauritius became gendered in different ways due to the impact of gender equivalence in the work force, the gendered segregation in clinical practice and the absence of caring feminization in nursing. Design and settingThis qualitative study is based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews and convenience sampling. The sample includes nurses working at five hospitals. They all come from the central and southern part of Mauritius. The data were collected over a five-month period during 2006. ResultsNursing practice is gender segregated, influenced and supported by cultural traditions and perceptions of gender relations, sexuality and touch in nursing. However, the professional identity and role is considered non-gendered, implied by the title of 'nursing officer' and the presence of male nurses who constitute almost 50 % of the work force. Male nurses do not face similar barriers deterring them from entering nursing profession. Nursing did not develop the image of women's work and a low status job in Mauritius. ConclusionsThe nursing profession in Mauritius has been shaped by a different 'history of origin', social, cultural and societal conditions on the basis of the absence of gender imbalance in the work force and caring feminization in nursing. Moreover, the increase of men's presence in nursing influenced its name, status and perception, shifting nursing into a masculine sphere with advantageous impacts on nursing.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recruitment Of Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Non-gendered Occupation Suitable To Both Sexesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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