TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender, the labour market, the workplace and policy in children's services : parent, staff and student attitudes
AU - Lyons, Michael F.
AU - Quinn, Andrea
AU - Sumsion, Jennifer
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This paper reports the attitudes of parents, staff and teacher education students towards the employment of men in the children's services 'industry'. The attitudinal survey questions were grouped around four distinct issues: gender roles, labour market behaviour, workplace behaviour and policy. Surprisingly, all three stakeholder groups surveyed expressed similar views on the four issues. While the results suggest that attitudes are not an impediment to increasing the number of male workers, they also suggest recruitment strategies need to be cognisant of both the potential advantages and disadvantages of a more gender-balanced workforce. The findings question policies based on the need to have male 'role models' in children's services.
AB - This paper reports the attitudes of parents, staff and teacher education students towards the employment of men in the children's services 'industry'. The attitudinal survey questions were grouped around four distinct issues: gender roles, labour market behaviour, workplace behaviour and policy. Surprisingly, all three stakeholder groups surveyed expressed similar views on the four issues. While the results suggest that attitudes are not an impediment to increasing the number of male workers, they also suggest recruitment strategies need to be cognisant of both the potential advantages and disadvantages of a more gender-balanced workforce. The findings question policies based on the need to have male 'role models' in children's services.
KW - attitudes
KW - child care services
KW - employees
KW - male child care workers
KW - sex discrimination in employment
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/10184
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M3 - Article
SN - 0312-5033
JO - Australian Journal of Early Childhood
JF - Australian Journal of Early Childhood
ER -