MALE EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES' APPROACH TO WOMEN WELDERS IN CONTEXT OF EDUCATION LEVEL AND JOB PREFERENCE REASONS:THE CASE OF KAHRAMANKAZAN,ANKARA

Abstract

In this study, the effects that globalization and the transformation of formal production in the labor market into informal production mode have on women’s work are discussed. The aim of the study is to determine the reasons why women want to work in the industry despite the pressure of the patriarchal stereotypes on them, and prefer the welding profession which is commonly accepted by society as a ‘male job’, and to reveal how gender discrimination occurs in terms of professional aspect. In this regard, the research is a qualitative study based on the interpreter/constructivist paradigm, and data were collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 3 female workers and 3 male employer’s representatives. According to the findings of the research, it has been observed that the female workers’ fathers were a role model in choosing this profession, the employer sent women to the Turkish Employment Organization (İŞKUR) for courses and in-service training, and it is also understood that women were willing and inclined to take up this job. It has been determined that employer’s representatives, on the other hand, tend to break the patriarchal mentality relatively while asserting that they support female workers contrary to the common settled culture, and that it is advantageous to employ female workers in the workplace