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Dissertation
To the workplace and back: a dilemma of professional women in malaysia
2004
Overview
The theme of this study is a paradoxical duality. It discusses the paradoxical situations of the home and the work sector, which career women face in life. It then explains the paradoxical paradigms of Malaysia's modernisation and the conservative traditions of the nation. Then finally it examines the paradoxical entity of women in engineering, which female engineers encounter in their careers. This study attempts to understand the current trend and pattern of women working in professional occupations in Malaysia. It seeks to explore their current situation through the case study of engineers of PetCo, using questionnaires, interviews and participant observations. It also intends to understand the domination of traditional perspectives on women, work and the family. The main questions of this study relate to women at work, both at home and the workplace in Malaysia. What are women's orientations to work - the workplace or home? How do employed women manage to negotiate their professional life and private life? Consequently, this study explores how cultural traditions and value systems encourage (or discourage) women in participating in the labour force. The fundamental research hypothesis rests on how most women in the country are adapting to the drive of the country towards industrialisation, yet also are still dealing with the grip of traditional societal expectations. It argues that Malaysia still practices some patriarchal elements that disadvantage women at home and in the workplace.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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