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Men Who Care: How Organizations and Individuals Negotiate Masculinity, Emotional Capital, and Emotion Practice in Nursing

Cottingham, Marci D
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1372072810

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Sociology.
This dissertation addresses issues of masculinity and emotion among men in nursing in the U.S. Integrating gender theory on men and masculinities and the sociology of emotion, the results advance understanding of the distinct ways that health care organizations and individuals operate within the current gender system. Both organizations and individuals “mobilize” available resources, synthesizing dynamic and embodied masculinities through their everyday conscious/nonconscious social practice. Health care organizations mobilize hegemonic and alternative masculinities through ideological gendering practices in order to dispel stereotypes and recruit boys and young men to the the nursing profession. Counter to prior theory and cultural beliefs concerning men and emotion, individual-level findings suggest that men possess and cultivate emotional capital, emphasizing their capacity for compassion, empathy, and their ability to provide care to others. As one facet of their emotion practice, male nurses activate/embody their emotional capital through emotion management strategies in order to provide high quality nursing care to their patients. Integrating masculinity and emotion management theories, this dissertation shows how gender discourse shapes organizational and emotion practice in distinct ways for men in nursing who care for a living.
Rebecca Erickson, Dr. (Advisor)
Kathryn Feltey, Dr. (Committee Member)
Robert Peralta, Dr. (Committee Member)
Clare Stacey, Dr. (Committee Member)
Janice Yoder, Dr. (Committee Member)
165 p.
Gender; Health Care; Social Psychology; Social Research; Sociology
Men; Masculinity; Emotion; Nursing

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  • Cottingham, M. D. (2013). Men Who Care: How Organizations and Individuals Negotiate Masculinity, Emotional Capital, and Emotion Practice in Nursing [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1372072810

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cottingham, Marci. Men Who Care: How Organizations and Individuals Negotiate Masculinity, Emotional Capital, and Emotion Practice in Nursing. 2013. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1372072810.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cottingham, Marci. "Men Who Care: How Organizations and Individuals Negotiate Masculinity, Emotional Capital, and Emotion Practice in Nursing." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1372072810

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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