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Role Transition of Professionals Moving to Rural Locales

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Role Transitions

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Abstract

This chapter examines the transition of urban professional people to life and work in rural locales. It focuses on the role strain they experience in the course of relocating to rural areas and during the subsequent process of learning the new social expectations of these environments. Special attention is given to four variables said to affect the ease of assuming new roles: (1) role conflict (intra- and inter-role conflict); (2) role compartmentalization; (3) amount of activity normatively prescribed; and (4) anticipatory socialization (Burr, 1972). The paper concludes with a description of intervention points, activities, and exercises that urban professionals can use to effect easier rural role transitions. Although the examples cited in this explication are drawn mainly from the experiences of health care professionals and their allied colleagues, the issues they illustrate have general applicability to other professional groups as well.

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    Robert S. Miller

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    Evert van de Vliert

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Miller, R.S. (1984). Role Transition of Professionals Moving to Rural Locales. In: Allen, V.L., van de Vliert, E. (eds) Role Transitions. NATO Conference Series, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2697-7_15

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