What motivates people to become social workers and the extent of the match between the anticipated and the experience in the role?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

Aims and Objectives1

Research Questions2

Significance of the Research Study2

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW3

Introduction3

Humanity and Motivation for Social Workers3

Religious Motivation4

Research or Humanistic Social Work5

Motivation and Leadership5

Gender Difference and the Social Work Profession6

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY, METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN7

Introduction7

Overview of the Qualitative Research Approach7

Method Choices7

Sample8

REFERENCES9

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

This research study will be conducted in order to explore the personal reasons and circumstances that motivate the individuals to pursue social work as a profession. An understanding of the reasons why students or professionals have chosen to work with a particular population is imperative as these factors are reflected in their work and in their personal life. This willingness to listen openly and sincerely is a quality that a student or professional in this field must be willing to attend to as a major commitment of their careers. Such an assertion, however, may seem perplexing or even duplicitous to some (Fowers & Richardso, 1996, p. 609).

Frank (1996), for example, argued that the types of employment people generally chose in the labor market were based on innately selfish human needs rather than moral considerations. After Frank: asked participants in his study to "consider to what extent a job or career would have to satisfy each particular requirement before you would consider it ideal," (p. 23), however, he found that both students and business executives tended to put ethics and moral obligations before profitability, thus calling into question the author's initial presumption about people and the motives underlying their career choices (Quinones & Teachout, 1995, p. 887).

Aims and Objectives

The aim of this research study will be to assess the reasons that motivate the individuals to become social workers. In the light of this aim, this research will meet the below mentioned objectives.

To highlight the reasons due to which the individuals are motivated to opt for social work a s a profession,

To assess the extent of the match between the anticipated and the experience in the role.

Research Questions

This research study will answer the below mentioned questions.

What are the reasons due to which the individuals are motivated to opt for social work as a profession?

What is the extent of the match between the anticipated and the experience in the role?

Significance of the Research Study

This research study has a significant importance for the individuals to assess to the reasons that might motivate them to be a social professional. This research h study has an academic importance

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction

The main emphasis of the literature review is on the various motivations an individual might have to pursue the profession of social work, such possible influences including altruism, the aspiration to utilize leadership skills, the nature of the undergraduate education and work experience, the application of political goals, concerns with multiculturalism, and differences in gender, social class, and race, ethnicity, or religion (Rank & Hutchison, 2000, ...