Performative Masculinity: A META-Ethnography of Experiences of Men in Academic and Clinical Nursing.

ABSTRACT: Gender differences and stereotypes have been widely studied. Performative masculinity or "doing gender" is the adoption of traits considered to be "masculine" to achieve acceptance in society. Performative masculinity, as it relates to career development for men in nursing, could be affected by internal attitudes and career choice, and external influences of culture. There are no critical systematic reviews to describe this process. The aim of this study was to synthesize research on how men in nursing experience masculine identity at work. A systematic literature search and qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography guided this study. The literature search included studies from the electronic databases of PubMed, CINAHL, Medline, and Airiti Library, published in English or Chinese from

SUBMITTER: Liu HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690486 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature