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A sociological investigation of gender and non-gender specific career choices by young adults in Saint John, Canada

by Brooke Catherine Hanlon

Institution:	University of South Africa
Year:	2017
Keywords:	Sociology; Socialisation; Institutions; Young adults; Gender; Career choices; STEM careers; Nursing; Engineering; Canada
Posted:	02/01/2018
Record ID:	2151796
Full text PDF:	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22942

Abstract

This study examined the gender socialisation process among ten recent high schoolgraduates and the reasoning behind their chosen career paths. Three institutions: thefamily, school, and media, were examined to explore how these institutions could possiblyhave affected the participants career choices. This was accomplished through qualitativeresearch by conducting in-depth interviews among five nursing students (three femalesand two males) and five engineering students (three females and two males) who were 18or 19 years of age. The interviews revealed that the participants were aware of currentgender stereotypes and had experienced gender socialisation through bedroom dcorand/or parental roles. The interviews further revealed influencers (such as ones peergroup or a close relative) as a significant factor leading males into nursing and femalesinto engineering. Participants within each program revealed differences in personaldefinitions of success and thoughts on work-family balance.Advisors/Committee Members: Van der Merwe, Sinteche (advisor).