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dc.contributor.authorDockery, Alfred Michael
dc.contributor.authorBarns, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:52:40Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:52:40Z
dc.date.created2009-04-16T20:02:05Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationDockery, Alfred Michael and Barns, Angela. 2005. Who'd be a nurse? some evidence on career choice in Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour 31 (4): pp. 350-383.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41533
dc.description.abstract

In the context of on-going shortages of nurses this paper looks at factors shaping the decision to enter nursing as a career. Evidence from three different Australian sources is drawn upon: a national panel survey of young school leavers, a survey of first year university students in WA and in-depth interviews with 28 young women studying for their WA Tertiary Entrance Examinations. The results concur with previous studies that have found entrants to nursing courses to be of average-to-be low academic ability and socio-economic status, to have an affinity for caring and to place greater relative emphasis on balancing family and work rather than on career success. Some new insights into the factors influencing the decision to become a nurse further highlight the importance of perceptions of gender roles in society and are consistent with psychological and feminist approaches to career choice.

dc.publisherNational Institute of Labour Studies
dc.relation.urihttp://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=010987174065369;res=IELBUS
dc.titleWho'd be a nurse?: Some evidence on career choice in Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume31
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage350
dcterms.source.endPage383
dcterms.source.issn03116336
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Bulletin of Labour
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curtin.facultyCurtin Business School
curtin.facultySchool of Economics and Finance


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