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Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41211 Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers Carrim, Nasima M.H. Mahomed, Raeesa Educated Indian mothers South Africa Indiam women Tertiary education Careers UCTD Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This study explores the factors that have an impact on the decisions of educated Indian mothers in South Africa who are not pursuing careers and answers the on-going questions about why Indian women pursue tertiary education but do not pursue careers. Secondly, this study also helps to understand the identity negotiation that these mothers go through – how they negotiate their various identities and the intersection of their gender and cultural identities that affect their decision not to pursue a career. The research aims to emphasise the extent and impact of the cultural roles that educated Indian mothers have to deal with. This study makes a theoretical contribution and conveys pioneering knowledge to assist top management to understand the skills shortage of this minority group and create an understanding of the reasons why Indian women decide not to pursue careers, and of their identity negotiation in the process. A qualitative research approach, using in-depth, semi-structured life story interviews, was used in the study to gain a deeper understanding of the reasons why educated Indian women are not pursuing careers. A non-probability sampling strategy (snowball and purposive sampling) was used, and therefore a total of 17 Muslim and Hindu participants were interviewed in the main study. Content analysis was used to analyse the data with the Atlas-Ti programme. The results exemplify that an individual‟s identity is formed by the cultural context and that Indian gender identities were instilled in these women from a young age. The women in the study highlighted that motherhood and family obligations take precedence over any other identity they possess. At first the women seemed despondent with the decision to leave their careers. However, as time went by they felt that cultural obligations were more important and accepted their cultural identity. gm2014 Human Resource Management unrestricted 2014-08-12T12:37:46Z 2014-08-12T12:37:46Z 2014-04-08 2013 Dissertation Mahomed, R 2013, Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41211> E14/4/366/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41211 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Educated Indian mothers South Africa Indiam women Tertiary education Careers UCTD Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title | Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title_full | Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title_fullStr | Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title_short | Gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated South African Indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| title_sort | gender and cultural identity negotiation of educated south african indian mothers not pursuing careers |
| topic | Educated Indian mothers South Africa Indiam women Tertiary education Careers UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41211 |