Inhalt: "This study explores how twenty-eight women graduates of a liberal arts college renegotiate
personal and professional identities over a ten year period. Approximately half of
these women entered college planning to pursue a career in medicine; the other half
indicated some interest in the field of education. Each participant was interviewed
six times over the course of ten years. Analysis suggests that prior designations
of women's careers as 'traditional' (i.e. teaching) and 'non-traditional' (i.e. medicine)
no longer apply as women actively reconceptualize their lives, their identities, their
definitions of success, and the meaning of their chosen career. Prior studies that
examine the balancing of personal and professional lives also simplify a more complicated
process experienced by women who explore multiple understandings of themselves within
personal and social structures. The women in this study draw on the critical perspectives
learned in college as they recognize and respond to competing social and cultural
definitions and discourses of success, work, and self." (author's abstract)|
Schlagwörter:Hochschulwesen; Karriere; Promotion; Hochschullehrerin; Beruf; Qualifikation
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz