scholarly journals Recruitment and retention of male educators in preschools: Implications for teacher education policy and practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Chinedu Ifedi Okeke ◽  
Enock Nyanhoto
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Teacher Education Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Departments Of Education ◽  
Phase Data ◽  
Cultural Roles

In the study reported on here we employed the interpretivist qualitative approach to explore the recruitment and retention of male educators in preschool centres. Purposive sampling was used to select 2 preschool owners, 2 principals, 4 preschool educators and 2 male educators in the Foundation Phase. Data were obtained by in-depth interviewing and were analysed thematically. Results showed no male educators in preschools in the education district where the study was conducted. Misinterpretation of cultural roles, stigma, fear and prejudice, low educator status within the preschool sector and a lack of male recruitment policies were found to be negatively affecting the recruitment of males into the preschool sector. A gender balance that ensures that both female and male educators are recruited within the preschool sector would appear to be congruent with the philosophical underpinnings of the Social Role Theory (SRT). The Departments of Education and Social Development should, therefore, embark on awareness campaigns to educate all stakeholders on the need for a gender balance within the preschool sector.

Age, Gender, And Occupational Label: A Test of Social Role Theory

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Kite
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
Social Role Theory ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Agency And Communion ◽  
Independent Variable

Two studies tested the social role theory (Eagly, 1987) prediction that role information would override the age-related agency stereotype. Although results of Study 1 showed that employed people were viewed similarly in agency regardless of target age, interpretation was limited because employed targets were most often imagined to be male and young homemaker targets were most often imagined to be female. To control for this, target gender was added as an independent variable in Study 2. As expected, agency and communion ratings of employed targets and targets who cared for a home did not differ by target age, but agency ratings of average targets were higher for 35-year-old than for 70-year-old targets. Communion ratings for average targets did not differ by target age. Target gender effects on the agency measure replicated Eagly and Steffen's (1984, 1988) results. The importance of context to understanding stereotypes of the elderly is illustrated.

scholarly journals Role Problems of Offenders and Correctional Workers

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-364
Author(s):  
Edwin J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Control

This paper analyzes selected problems of offenders and work ers in correction as special cases of more general problems of role. The research findings, theory, and related concepts of social role are drawn upon for a better understanding of these specific problems and ways to alter them, and the emerging specialization of role theory is discussed. The role problems of offenders are considered in terms of nonlegitimate socialization, characteristics of the deviant position, role discontinuity, and role conflict. The problems of correctional workers are set forth in terms of role discontinuities, role conflict and dissensus, role ambiguity, and pressure and strain. The identification of these various role prob lems carries implications for their solutions. As one perspective and body of knowledge required to understand and control be havior in real-life situations, role theory provides an emphasis upon the web of external social determinants and thereby helps to counterbalance a pervasive tendency to view personal difficul tiles as individual psychological maladies independent of the social environment.

scholarly journals WHOM WOULD YOU HIRE? AGEISM IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S570-S570
Author(s):  
Hannah Swift ◽  
Vanessa Dias ◽  
Dominic Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Hiring Practices ◽  
Social Role Theory ◽  
Age Bias ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Age Diversity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Age Profile

Abstract People want to work at older ages, yet ageism and discrimination remain a barrier. Using theories of prejudice, social role theory, and conceptual models of age diversity in organisational contexts, we explore age-bias in hiring practices (Study 1) and how to reduce it (Study 2). Study 1 (N=150) investigated pro-youth bias in hiring practices and how this manifests depending on job/occupation. Study 2 (N=150) investigated whether pro-youth bias is reduced by manipulating organisational culture. In both studies, participants were given a fictional organisation, a job ad, and two applicants’ profiles manipulated to represent men one each in their 30s and 50s. Study 1 supported the social role theory hypothesis: people match candidates to the age profile of the job. In the age-neutral job occupation participants chose equally between candidates. Study 2 supported the hypothesis that pro-youth bias can be mitigated when age-diverse nature of the organisational culture is made salient.

Sex differences in aggression: Origins and implications for sexual integration of combat forces

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 270-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley R. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Social Role Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
Female Soldiers ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Military Combat

AbstractSex differences in aggressive and risk-taking behaviors have practical implications for sexual integration of military combat units. The social-role theory implies that female soldiers will adapt to their role and display the same aggressive and risk-taking propensities as their male comrades. If sex differences reflect evolved propensities, however, adoption of the soldier's role is unlikely to eliminate those differences.

The social role theory of unethical leadership

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 712-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal L. Hoyt ◽  
Terry L. Price ◽  
Laura Poatsy
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Social Role Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unethical Leadership
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