Sociologists in Schools of Social Work

Marginality or Integration

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ID11344670
AuthorsLee H Bowker (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author), Fred M Cox (Western Michigan University)
Year1982
Volume9
Issue2
Publication date1982-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096
PublisherWMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15453/0191-5096.1523
OpenAlexW252160017
LanguageEN
References cited10

In this paper, we examine the responses of 180 faculty members in graduate and undergraduate social work programs. These faculty members all achieved their highest degrees in fields other than social work, but approximately half of them also acquired the M.S.W. degree at some point in their careers. It was originally hypothesized that sociologists working in social work programs woulkd exhibit some of the characteristics of marginality, and the questionnaire contained a number of items on collegiality, conflict, discrimination, recognition and satisfaction. It was found that sociologists teaching in social work program suffered no negative effects on any of these dimensions, and that faculty members lacking the M.S.W. degree suffered only very limited marginality effects. Taken together, our results suggest that sociologists in social work programs are alive and well. They may not have been converted to social work perspectives in a technical sense, but they are integrated well enough with social work faculty members so that they cannot be considered to be marginal in any sense of the word

Collegiality · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies · Social Work

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