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Work Culture and women's Social Recognition in Nursing Profession

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09610197
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionTohoku Fukushi University

Principal Investigator

HIGUCHI Seiko  Tohoku Fukushi University, Faculty of General Social Welfare, Professor, 総合福祉学部, 教授 (50089215)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HARAYAMA Tetsu  Kurume University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90156521)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywordseducation of nurses / employment / male nurses and female nurses / differences between nurses and physicians / consciousness of equality between men and women / patriarchy / 家父長制 / 家文長制
Research Abstract

We realized two field researches 1998 to 1999. Firstly, we conducted interviews with male nurses in an university hospital situated in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Secondly, we conducted a survey research, using a questionnaire, with 200 females and males nurses in a public hospital situated at a big local city, Sendai. In the years 2000-2001, we analyzed the results of the field researches and wrote a report of 86 pages.
For our conclusion, two points are given below :
(1) Many nurses choose the nursing profession for the reason of its social recognition, but almost nurses stop working when they get married. We consider that it is difficult for them to construct a professional career in spite of their relatively high motivation for working. This interruption of professional activity will constitute an important problem for establishing a professional status of nurses. It is supposed that this can also contribute to lowering their salary.
(2) Through discourse analysis of the interviews with male nurses, we discovered a dimension of social construction concerning differences between men and women. We noticed that some nurses express arguments of the advantage of masculinity in the female profession. A male nurses as a typical case argues that men are capable to continue their professional activity in terms of their competences, which are not only cultural but also biological.
The sexual division of labor, then, remains an obstacle to the professionalization of nurses. We can present a hypothesis that the gendered dimension is to be deconstructed for realizing the work culture of a true profession. This hypothesis derived from the study of nursing profession can be enlarged to other professional activities of women.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 樋口 晟子: "個人と家族と平等"東北大学出版会. 570 (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 樋口 晟子: "看護婦の労働条件と平等意識" 東北福祉大学研究紀要. 23巻. 179-186 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 樋口晟子、原山哲: "ジェンダー問題としての看護職" 東北福祉大学研究紀要. 23(通巻26号)(予定). (1999)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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