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Gender Differences in Career Helping Relationships
Author(s) -
Stonewater Barbara B.,
Eveslage Sonja A.,
Dingerson Michael R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1990.tb00237.x
Subject(s) - career development , psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , medical education , sociology , medicine , social science
This study explored differences regarding the way in which male and female faculty members described relationships with those whom they identified as “career helpers.” Data for this naturalistic study were transcripts of interviews with 27 male and 27 female faculty members at three different institutions. Qualitative analysis of the interviews indicated gender differences on two themes: sense of professional self as related to career helpers and the nature of assistance received from them. Implications of these results for career development practice and research are described.