Muldoon O T, Kremer J M
School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
J Adv Nurs. 1995 Mar;21(3):544-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02739.x.
This study examines the gender-role orientation, gender-role conflict, job commitment and work motivation of female student nurses in the Republic of Ireland. Career aspirations, year of nurse training and geographical area of upbringing were examined as potential concomitants of these dependent measures. Subjects completed self-report measures of job involvement, work motivation, gender-role orientation and gender-role conflict. Results obtained showed that aspiring towards a traditionally female career area of nursing was associated with higher levels of work motivation and lower levels of gender-role conflict. Higher levels of job commitment amongst final year students were also significantly related to traditionally female career aspirations. Year of training had a significant and negative influence on work motivation and job commitment. Finally, nurses from rural areas aspiring towards a traditionally female area of nursing had significantly more feminine gender-role orientations than either their urban counterparts or rural colleagues with non-traditional career aspirations. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
本研究调查了爱尔兰共和国女实习护士的性别角色取向、性别角色冲突、工作承诺和工作动机。研究将职业抱负、护士培训年份和成长的地理区域作为这些相关测量指标的潜在伴随因素进行了考察。研究对象完成了关于工作投入、工作动机、性别角色取向和性别角色冲突的自我报告测量。研究结果表明，立志从事传统女性职业领域的护理工作与更高水平的工作动机和更低水平的性别角色冲突相关。最后一年学生中较高水平的工作承诺也与传统女性职业抱负显著相关。培训年份对工作动机和工作承诺有显著的负面影响。最后，立志从事传统女性护理领域工作的农村护士比其城市同行或有非传统职业抱负的农村同事具有明显更多的女性性别角色取向。文中讨论了这些结果的理论和实践意义。
