Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2534. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-202).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 1996. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #077-0011. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-110).

Thesis (M.A.)--The Master's College, 2004. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-94).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-110).

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(人間・環境学) / 甲第20470号 / 人博第820号 / 新制||人||196(附属図書館) / 28||人博||820(吉田南総合図書館) / 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科共生文明学専攻 / (主査)教授 前川 玲子, 教授 佐野 亘, 教授 小畑 史子 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DGAM

Women working in male-dominated professions and environments face experiences that are unique to their counterparts in more gender-balanced and female-dominated professions. The nature of these experiences affects women’s integration and potential success in male- dominated professions. To enhance employment equity in historically male-dominated professions and environments, an understanding of women’s experiences in such environments is beneficial. The purpose of this research was to explore the challenges and coping strategies of women working within male-dominated professions and environments. This was an exploratory qualitative study conducted within the interpretive research paradigm. A purposive sample consisting of five women working in identified male-dominated professions and environments was utilised. In-depth interviews were conducted and data was analysed using grounded theory. The main findings indicate that the central theme pertinent to women working in male-dominated professions and environments pertains to the types of challenges inherent in their work settings. The main challenges found were as follows: discrimination and bias; physical and health-related difficulties experienced; negative emotions resulting from working in male-dominated environments; lack of real transformation; and work/life balance. This study provides current insight into the plight of women working in male-dominated professions and environments in South Africa. / Industrial & Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Women working in male-dominated professions and environments face experiences that are unique to their counterparts in more gender-balanced and female-dominated professions. The nature of these experiences affects women’s integration and potential success in male- dominated professions. To enhance employment equity in historically male-dominated professions and environments, an understanding of women’s experiences in such environments is beneficial. The purpose of this research was to explore the challenges and coping strategies of women working within male-dominated professions and environments. This was an exploratory qualitative study conducted within the interpretive research paradigm. A purposive sample consisting of five women working in identified male-dominated professions and environments was utilised. In-depth interviews were conducted and data was analysed using grounded theory. The main findings indicate that the central theme pertinent to women working in male-dominated professions and environments pertains to the types of challenges inherent in their work settings. The main challenges found were as follows: discrimination and bias; physical and health-related difficulties experienced; negative emotions resulting from working in male-dominated environments; lack of real transformation; and work/life balance. This study provides current insight into the plight of women working in male-dominated professions and environments in South Africa. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Este trabalho analisa a trajetória do Grupo Mulheres da Terra, cuja formação ocorreu na área II do Assentamento de Sumaré, no ano de 1985, no Estado de São Paulo. O grupo possui um percurso histórico de 22 anos, na perspectiva de conquistas sociais garantidas na Constituição aprovada em 1988 - terra, trabalho, moradia, educação, transporte, saúde e eqüidade nas relações de poder entre homens e mulheres. Estes foram temas que nortearam suas ações, que engendraram conquistas para todos os membros do assentamento. O percurso da pesquisa conduziu-nos ao encontro de vários atores sociais, envolvidos em diversas estratégias de resistência e circunscritos às ações de inúmeros mediadores sociais, empenhados na defesa da reforma agrária. Ao longo de duas décadas, inúmeros projetos foram desenvolvidos entre o Grupo Mulheres da Terra e os agentes mediadores. Muitos encontros e desencontros aconteceram pelo caminho. Para compreender o papel da trajetória do Grupo na história do assentamento e nas relações de gênero dentro do mesmo, como percurso de movimento social que se consagrava como espaço da luta pela terra, tomamos a História Oral de Vida das mulheres que participaram da trajetória do Grupo Mulheres da Terra da área II do assentamento de Sumaré como uma das fontes privilegiados de nosso estudo. / This work analyses the path of the Grupo Mulheres da Terra (Women of the Land), Which was initiated in area II in the Sumaré Settlement, in 1985, in São Paulo State. The group has a 22 year history of social achievements granted by the 1988 Constitution - land, work, housing, education, transportation, health care and equity in relationship between men and women. These themes have led their actions, which brought benefits for all members of the community, such as the school, electric energy, school transportation, artesian well, the family health care unit, retirement plan for women, the \"Esperança\" green house and the community kitchen. The pursuit of this research has presented us with several social actors, involved in different strategies and related to the actions o a large number of social mediators, committed to the defense of the agrarian reform. In the course of two decades, many projects were carried out by the Grupo Mulheres da Terra and the mediator agents, a relationship that was not free of conflicts. To understand the role of the Group\'s path in the settlement\'s history and in its internal gender relations as a process of a social movement that was establishing itself as a medium of the struggle for the land, we took the Oral History of the lives of the women that were part of the Grupo Mulheres da Terra of area II of the Sumaré settlement as one of the most important sources of our work.

Este trabalho analisa a trajetória do Grupo Mulheres da Terra, cuja formação ocorreu na área II do Assentamento de Sumaré, no ano de 1985, no Estado de São Paulo. O grupo possui um percurso histórico de 22 anos, na perspectiva de conquistas sociais garantidas na Constituição aprovada em 1988 - terra, trabalho, moradia, educação, transporte, saúde e eqüidade nas relações de poder entre homens e mulheres. Estes foram temas que nortearam suas ações, que engendraram conquistas para todos os membros do assentamento. O percurso da pesquisa conduziu-nos ao encontro de vários atores sociais, envolvidos em diversas estratégias de resistência e circunscritos às ações de inúmeros mediadores sociais, empenhados na defesa da reforma agrária. Ao longo de duas décadas, inúmeros projetos foram desenvolvidos entre o Grupo Mulheres da Terra e os agentes mediadores. Muitos encontros e desencontros aconteceram pelo caminho. Para compreender o papel da trajetória do Grupo na história do assentamento e nas relações de gênero dentro do mesmo, como percurso de movimento social que se consagrava como espaço da luta pela terra, tomamos a História Oral de Vida das mulheres que participaram da trajetória do Grupo Mulheres da Terra da área II do assentamento de Sumaré como uma das fontes privilegiados de nosso estudo. / This work analyses the path of the Grupo Mulheres da Terra (Women of the Land), Which was initiated in area II in the Sumaré Settlement, in 1985, in São Paulo State. The group has a 22 year history of social achievements granted by the 1988 Constitution - land, work, housing, education, transportation, health care and equity in relationship between men and women. These themes have led their actions, which brought benefits for all members of the community, such as the school, electric energy, school transportation, artesian well, the family health care unit, retirement plan for women, the \"Esperança\" green house and the community kitchen. The pursuit of this research has presented us with several social actors, involved in different strategies and related to the actions o a large number of social mediators, committed to the defense of the agrarian reform. In the course of two decades, many projects were carried out by the Grupo Mulheres da Terra and the mediator agents, a relationship that was not free of conflicts. To understand the role of the Group\'s path in the settlement\'s history and in its internal gender relations as a process of a social movement that was establishing itself as a medium of the struggle for the land, we took the Oral History of the lives of the women that were part of the Grupo Mulheres da Terra of area II of the Sumaré settlement as one of the most important sources of our work.