Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay

ISBN-13: 9780367500016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 238 str.

David L. Brody; Kari Emilsen; Tim Rohrmann

Opis

Achieving greater diversity and gender balance in the workforce has proved a challenging goal, despite concerted efforts on the part of individuals, institutions, and governments around the world. This book explores how men in the field make their career decisions to remain in or leave the profession.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Theoretical perspectives on men’s choices to remain and to leave  3. A diversity of cultural and institutional contexts  4. Researching men’s career trajectories in ECEC: A ross-cultural inter-researcher approach  5. Professionalization and Gender Balance  6. Workplace environment: Leadership and governance  7. Experiences of workplace relationships as factors precipitating or preventing dropout of male educators in ECEC  8. Societal factors impacting male turnover in ECEC  9. Intrinsic motivations as a factor in men’s career decisions in ECEC  10. Agency as a determinant of men’s decisions to leave or stay  11. Masculinity, sexuality and resistance  12. Why men stay  13. Critical moments in men’s career trajectories  14. More men in ECEC: Towards a gender-sensitive workforce – summary and conclusions