Sequential Socialization and Gender Identity During the Transition from Vocational...

Sequential Socialization and Gender Identity During the Transition from Vocational Training to Employment

Abstract

One of the functions of educational institutions is to create differentiated social subjects. Their future roles, status and social positions have to conform to the normative and cultural expectations of a given society. Considering the individual variations of self-esteem, self evaluation of the integration in the workplace, and the values attributed to family and occupational spheres in the wake of the transition from vocational training to employment, our results show that this transition contributes in a significant way to the production of gender identities and their hierarchal organization.

Keywords

• socialization
• life course
• vocational training
• gender
• sequence analysis