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Opting out of public sector employment : gender and occupational aspirations among university graduates in Sierra Leone
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Harris, Jamelia (2023) Opting out of public sector employment : gender and occupational aspirations among university graduates in Sierra Leone. Journal of International Development . doi:10.1002/jid.3712 ISSN 0954-1748.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3712
Abstract
Using primary data from Sierra Leone, this article explores the relationship between gender and occupational aspirations. Descriptive findings suggest largely similar desired occupational roles across gender; however, regression results show that the odds of females aspiring for public sector employment are half that of males. Lower ambition for public sector employment among females is associated with less favourable perceptions of public sector employment in key areas that are deemed important to graduates such as salary, status from employment, the ability to contribute to society, training opportunities and career progression. Such ‘opting out’ by university‐educated women has implications for women's inclusion in national development.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of International Development | ||||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0954-1748 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1002/jid.3712 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Copyright Holders: | The Authors. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 December 2022 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 December 2022 | ||||||||||
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