TY - CHAP
T1 - Women Teachers' Emotional Commitment and Involvement
T2 - A Universal Professional Feature and Educational Policy
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - Teaching has long been conceived of as a low-commitment occupation (Lortie, 1975), partially due to the feminization of its human resources. Women employees, it is assumed in many societies, are traditionally responsible for their families and children, and therefore are likely to invest less effort and time in their work as compared to men (Becker, 1985). When it comes to women teachers' career choices, favorable working conditions, flexible and low-stress working hours, and the possibility of family life in parallel were indicated as widespread motives for teaching among women (Lortie, 1975; Huberman, 1993). Consequently, women teachers in general could be perceived as less involved in, and less committed to, their work in terms of long working hours and the centrality of work life (Johnson, 1990).
AB - Teaching has long been conceived of as a low-commitment occupation (Lortie, 1975), partially due to the feminization of its human resources. Women employees, it is assumed in many societies, are traditionally responsible for their families and children, and therefore are likely to invest less effort and time in their work as compared to men (Becker, 1985). When it comes to women teachers' career choices, favorable working conditions, flexible and low-stress working hours, and the possibility of family life in parallel were indicated as widespread motives for teaching among women (Lortie, 1975; Huberman, 1993). Consequently, women teachers in general could be perceived as less involved in, and less committed to, their work in terms of long working hours and the centrality of work life (Johnson, 1990).
KW - Emotional Commitment
KW - Life Story
KW - Organizational Citizenship Behavior
KW - Organizational Commitment
KW - Work Commitment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105039647123
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-9739-3_11
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-9739-3_11
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105039647123
T3 - Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
SP - 195
EP - 211
BT - Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -