Gender Differences in the Professional Orientations of Protestant Clergy |
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Authors: | McDuff Elaine M Mueller Charles W |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri;(2) Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Abstract: | The literature on gender differences in orientations to work among Protestant clergy has been mixed, but generally points to the hypothesis that female clergy hold fewer career and professional work values than their male counterparts. This expectation flies in the face, however, of other more general population studies that show women and men hold similar work values and orientations to work. Using a national sample of clergy from two Protestant denominations, we test for gender differences in these values and orientations. Consistent with the general population findings, female clergy have professional values and orientations that are just as strong, if not stronger than those of male clergy. |
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Keywords: | gender and work professional work values clergy professionalism |
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