Career choice: like mother, like daughter

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Work Values ◽  
High Status ◽  
Career Expectations

This chapter demonstrates that mothers in high-status career roles are, in most cases, the primary influence over their daughters' career expectations. The mothers with careers in the study often acted in ways that fitted the description of mentoring and many were said by their daughters to be role models. Ways in which the daughters' attitudes to work were guided and shaped by their mothers with successful careers included a substantial number of this sample following their mothers into the same or similar careers, having the same work values, and having doors opened to their careers by their mothers. This suggests that the daughters have absorbed from their mothers that work can be interesting, enjoyable and satisfying, and that they should aim for a career that delivers them these qualities.

Factors that inform the career choice of medical students: implications for otolaryngology

2002 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 839-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ranta ◽  
S. S. M. Hussain ◽  
Q. Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
House Officer ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Senior House Officer ◽  
Specialist Registrar ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Medical Specialities

Knowledge of the factors that inform the career choice of medical students may help plan the workforce for medical specialities. To determine which factors inform the career choice of medical students we carried out a survey of medical students at the start of their educational block in Otolaryngology. Of 202 questionnaires handed out 169 were returned (84 per cent). Students were asked to rank factors according to their importance in their career choice. The single most important factor was career progression. Other factors include on-call commitment, teachers as role models, and the interest for a particular subject. At the present time progression from senior house officer grade to specialist registrar grade in Otolaryngology is delayed. If this issue is not addressed the influx of applicants into Otolaryngology training programmes will be reduced, limiting the pool from which candidates can be chosen for a career in Otolaryngology.

scholarly journals Role Models as a Factor Influencing Career Choice Among Female Surgical Residents inSaudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rawan Harun ◽  
Reem Almustafa ◽  
Zainab AlKhalifah ◽  
Abdullah Namazi ◽  
Abdalmohsen Albaqami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Surgical Residents ◽  
Surgical Career ◽  
Female Surgeons

Abstract Background and purposeRole models in the medical field are professional and experienced persons whose actions unconsciously inspire juniors to strive to be like them. To our knowledge, no studies have examined whether having a female surgical role model has influenced women to pursue a surgical career in Saudi Arabia. Hence, we sought to evaluate the effect of having a female surgical role model and the presence of female surgeons on female surgical residents and their choice of surgery as a career.MethodsWe employed a cross-sectional, survey- based study design, conducted between June 2020 and January 2021, in which female surgical residents completed a questionnaire on their perceptions and influence of role models in general surgery specialty at the time they pursuit a career in surgery.ResultsA total of 51 respondents (78.5%) completed the questionnaire. The majority of them (78.4%) had a role model and (19.6%) indicated that their role model was a female. Of those who had a role model, (67.5%) agreed that they had a positive influence on their surgical career choice. Clinical and operation skills were reported as the most important factor to be considered about role models. Working directly with a male surgical consultant and female surgical residents left a positive influence but this did not reach a statistical significance.ConclusionPersonal exposure to role models can have a positive influence on female surgical residents in choosing a surgical career. provide a appropriate role models as well as formal mentorship programs are warranted, that would allow female trainees to interact with senior surgeon mentors, thereby drawing attention to the field of surgery.

Like Mother, Like Daughter?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
High Status ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
The Relationship

Does having a mother who is successful in her career benefit girls? Does it lead them to have higher aspirations for their own careers, and, if so, do those ambitions translate into career success? This book looks at these questions and more, using case studies of women who are at the tops of their fields and their daughters. What the book finds is that while many of the daughters end up following the same career path as their mothers, that can't be traced to explicit mentoring, which turns out to be rare. It traces that reluctance to what the author terms “quiet ambition”: a tendency for women to downplay their aspirations and achievements. Mothers in high-status career roles are, in most cases, the primary influence over their daughters' career expectations. The book's research shows that at the start of a daughter's career the mother is highly influential. The book examines how daughters felt about having grown up with a mother mainly working full-time or close to full-time hours. It explores the idea that one should expect a backlash from the daughters against wanting to work as long hours as their mothers due to having seen their mothers try to ‘have it all’, or because of how they feel their mothers' working hours impacted upon them. It also focuses on the aims and aspirations of the daughters with regards to combining work with motherhood,and examines the influence that the generations of mothers and grandmothers have upon their daughters' views about combining work with motherhood. The book examines the crucial role played by partners and fathers in influencing both the positive and negative feelings mothers have about combining work with motherhood. Finally, it explores the intersections between the accounts of the relationship between mothers and daughters with social changes in the expansion of opportunities for women.

scholarly journals Career in Obstetrics and Gynecology; to be or Not to be: A Study of Intern Doctors in a Nepalese Medical College

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Shreyashi Aryal ◽  
Deepak Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Attitudinal Factors

Aims: To find the preference of career in Obstetrics and Gynecology among interns at the end of internship and factors influencing this choice. Methods: A semistructured questionnaire was distributed to interns at the end of a one year rotatory internship. Demographic factors and clinical exposure in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ObGyn) were assessed using chi-square test and attitudinal factors were measured using 5 point Likerts scale. This was compared with interns choosing other subjects. Mean score on Likerts scale was compared with independent t-test. Logistic regression analysis was used to predict independent factors affecting career choice in ObGyn. Results: Out of 174 interns, 22 (12.6%) chose ObGyn as the first career choice. Female gender (OR=1.46), urban residence (OR=1.21) and having a doctor in the family (OR=1.22) were factors associated with choosing ObGyn. Social commitment (p=0.027), high income potential (p=0.000), focus on urgent care (p= 0.000), gratifying practice (p=0.043) and short postgraduate training (p=0.000) were attitudinal factors related to this choice. Conclusions: Though ObGyn is a popular choice, students tend to change minds against it throughout medical school, influenced by various experiences. Department of ObGyn has a major responsibility to develop role models and encouraging mentors so that students choose ObsGyn with interest and do not regret the choice till the end of medical school.

Work Values, Job Characteristics, and Career Choice Decisions: Evidence From Longitudinal Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 779-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujin Choi
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Large Volume ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Job Choice ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public

Although a large volume of literature has documented the role of public service motivation (PSM) as altruistic work values, few studies directly examine PSM’s impact on job choice. Using longitudinal data, this article examines the factors that affect people’s career choices, specifically the extent to which individuals with different work values choose different sectors when considering job characteristics and person–job (P-J) fit. The analysis reveals that people are more likely to choose jobs in the private sector than jobs in the public or non-profit sector when they have opportunities to satisfy their altruistic work values through relational jobs. The findings speak to the importance of P-J fit when people choose their initial jobs. Contributions to existing literature and implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Factors perceived to influence rural career choice of urban background family physicians: a qualitative analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Szafran ◽  
Douglas Myhre ◽  
Jacqueline Torti ◽  
Shirley Schipper
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Rural Practice ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Urban Background ◽  
Practice Location ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Physician Role

Background: Urban background physicians are the main source of physician supply for rural areas across Canada. The purpose of this study was to describe factors that influence rural career choice and practice location of urban background family medicine graduates. Methods:  We conducted a qualitative, descriptive study employing telephone interviews with 9 urban background family medicine graduates. Those who completed residency training between 2006 and 2011 and were in rural practice, but who had an urban upbringing were asked about: when the decision for rural practice was made; factors that influenced rural career choice; and factors that influenced choice of a particular rural location.  Emerging themes were identified through content analysis of interview data.  Results:  We identified four themes as factors influencing rural career choice - variety/broad scope of rural practice, rural lifestyle, personal relationships, and positive rural experience/physician role models.  We also identified factors in four theme areas as influencing the choice of a particular rural practice location - having lived in the rural community, spousal influence, personal lifestyle, and comfort with practice expectations.  Conclusion:  Decisions for rural career choice and rural practice location by urban background family medicine graduates are based on clinical practice considerations, training experience, as well as personal and lifestyle factors.

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