The research lab: a chilly place for graduate women
Autor/in:
Ferreira, Maria M.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 1, S. 85-98
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Inhalt: "Ph.D.'s in most graduate science programs require that graduate students spend large amounts of time conducting research in science laboratories. As a result, the environment in the research lab is key to the success or failure of graduate students, particularly women. This article is a case study of two graduate women in a chemistry department at a large research university. In-depth interviews, field notes from a support group for graduate women in science, and departmental records were used to examine the relationship between key factors of their work environment and the high attrition rate of graduate women in the department. Analyses of the data indicated that the social climate in the research lab, shaped by the attitudes and behaviors of the women's male colleagues and/ or research advisors, created a 'chilly place' for the female graduate students." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Karriere; Chemie; Promotion; Naturwissenschaft; Wissenschaftsbetrieb; Absolvent
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Wissenschaft als Beruf, Geschlechterverhältnis
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Breaking the cycle : only 1,920 more years to equity
Autor/in:
Seaman, Rick; Nolan, Kathy; Corbin Dwyer, Sonya
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 7 (2001) No. 1
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Inhalt: "What are some of the barriers to women's achievement in postsecondary settings, particularly
in math and science? How can educators support the development of females to ensure
that they reach their potential? Nonintellectual factors may improve the prediction
of academic success beyond intellectual dispositions, and yet the typical coed university
is still a chilly climate for women. What other issues are occurring in the social
context for female students? This article explores the "cycle" of women's experience
of learning, focusing on students in an introductory math course and on preservice
teachers. Implications for graduate women students are also considered." (author's
abstract)|
Schlagwörter:Mathematik; Naturwissenschaft; Chancengleichheit; Karriere; Studentin
CEWS Kategorie:Studium und Studierende, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Effects of gender on engineering career commitment
Autor/in:
Barker, Anne M.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 7 (2001) No. 2, S. 125-152
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Inhalt: "Engineering has been one of the most difficult fields for 'women to enter and in
which to succeed. Although the percentage of female engineers has Increased, women
are still seriously underrepresented in the workforce. This study examined the effect
offender on career commitment, success, satisfaction, and involvement in engineering,
and the effect of personality and work environment on these variables. Alumni from
an engineering school in the northeastern United States were surveyed. The questionnaire
was analyzed using statistical and descriptive methods to determine relationships
among these variables. Women's commitment scores were lower than men's when controlled
for other variables, including satisfaction and involvement. Men had longer tenure
as engineers than women, even when controlled for year of graduation, professional
engineering status, and number of children. Women did not leave engineering in different
proportions than men, but they did earn significantly less despite controlling for
year of graduation and number of hours worked weekly. Some gender differences in workplace
experience were also found, including having colleagues act protectively, being mistaken
for secretaries, and seeing men progress faster in their careers than equally qualified
women." (author's abstract)|
Schlagwörter:USA; Chancengleichheit; Karriere; Diskriminierung; Beruf; Akademikerin; Nordamerika; Ingenieurin
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Sociological factors influencing the organizational justice perceptions of women in information technology
Autor/in:
Parzinger, Monica J.; Lemons, Mary A.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 7 (2001) No. 1, S. 133-144
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Inhalt: "There is a tremendous shortage of information technology (IT) talent in the United States today. Reports suggest that the demand for such talent will continue to increase. Despite the need for qualified personnel, women are underrepresented in this field. Those entering the profession often leave. This article discusses possible sociological factors influencing the number of women entering a career in information technology and their advancements to management positions. The relationship of these variables with perceptions of organizational justice in career advancement is considered. Members of Systers, an on-line forum for women in technology, were surveyed and the results are presented." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Chancengleichheit; USA; Nachwuchsförderung; Informationstechnik; Karriere; soziokulturelle Faktoren; Nordamerika; Quantität
CEWS Kategorie:Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Career issues and laboratory climates : different challenges and opportunities for women engineers and scientists
Autor/in:
Rosser, Sue V.; Zieseniss, Mireille
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 6 (2000) No. 2, S. 1-20
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Inhalt: "A survey of fiscal year 1997 POWRE (Professional Opportunities for Women in Research
and Education) awardees from the National Science Foundation revealed that women engineers
and scientists face similar issues, challenges, and opportunities and think that the
laboratory climate has similar impacts on their careers. Separating responses of women
scientists from those of women engineers revealed that 70% of both groups listed balancing
work with family responsibilities as the most difficult issue. Discrepancies in percentages
of women, coupled with differences among disciplinary and subdisciplinary cultures
within science, engineering, mathematics, and technology fields, complicate work climates
and their impact on women's careers. More frequently than women scientists, women
engineers listed issues such as (a) low numbers of women leading to isolation, (b)
lack of camaraderie and mentoring, (c) gaining credibility/respect from peers and
administrators, (d) time management, (e) prioritizing responsibilities due to disproportionate
demands, and (f) learning the rules of the game to survive in a male-dominated environment.
Women engineers also listed two positive issues more frequently than women scientists:
active recruitment/more opportunities for women and impact of successful women in
the profession. The small number of women engineers may explain these results and
suggests that it may be inappropriate to group them with other women scientists for
analysis, programs, and policies." (author's abstract)|
Schlagwörter:Karriere; Familie-Beruf; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Ingenieurin; Wissenschaftlerin
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Gender, families, and science : influences on early science training and career choices
Autor/in:
Hanson, Sandra L.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 6 (2000) No. 2, S. 169-187
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Inhalt: "This research examines the effects of gender and a number of family experiences on young people's chances of going into postsecondary science training and science occupations in the years immediately following high school. Data came from the nationally representative, longitudinal High School and Beyond survey. Results show that gender plays a significant role in choices involving early science training and occupations-especially training. Amongst young men and women with comparable resources and qualifications, young women are less likely to make the science choice. The family experiences and expectations examined here are not a major factor in understanding gender differences in access to science training and occupations. Although much of the literature describes the domains of science and of family as being at odds, results from this research suggest that family experiences play a rather minimal role in predicting who will enter science training or occupations in the early post-high school years. When family variables do have an effect, they are not always negative and the nature of the effect varies by the time in the life cycle that the family variable is measured, by type of family experience (orientation vs. procreation), by outcome (science major vs. science occupation), and by gender." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Sozialisation; Planung; Karriere; Nachwuchsförderung; Quantität; Karriereplanung
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Fördermaßnahmen
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Living in a large family does something for you : influence of family on the achievement of African and Carribean women in science
Autor/in:
Beoku-Betts, Josephine A.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 6 (2000) No. 3
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Inhalt: "This article examines the influence of the family on women's achievement in scientific
careers in the sub-Saharan African and Caribbean regions. It is based on semistructured
interviews with 20 doctoral-level African and Caribbean women scientists working in
research and academic institutions in these societies. Given the diversity of structural
conditions, and economic, geopolitical, and sociocultural experiences, it is argued
that the road to success in the pursuance of a scientific career are not the same,
although there are areas of common ground. The study shows that when compared with
their North American and European counterparts, there are significant differences
in the family experiences of African and Caribbean women scientists that must be made
visible and pursued more rigorously in further studies." (author's abstract)|
Schlagwörter:Familie-Beruf; Wissenschaftler; Akademikerin; Karriere; Kinderpflege; Kind; Betreuung
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Why sience? : women scientists and their pathways along the road less traveled
Autor/in:
Davis, Kathleen S.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 5 (1999) No. 2, S. 129-153
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Inhalt: "The article examines why some women choose and continue to pursue careers in science, and which structures and mechanisms within the scientific community provide them with ways to construct identities as legitimate and mature practitioners, and which do not." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Naturwissenschaft; Karriere; Identität; berufliches Selbstverständnis; Berufsverlauf; Quantität; USA; Nordamerika; Identität, berufliche
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Wissenschaft als Beruf
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Issues of gender and personal life for women in academic biology
Autor/in:
Scholer, Anne-Marie
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 4 (1998) No. 1, S. 69-89
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Inhalt: "Explores issues of gender and personal life that arose during discussions with women scientists about factors contributing to their success in completing training and pursuing an academic career. Issues include gender discrimination, perception of reverse discrimination, efforts toward assisting junior women in science, and the possibility that women practice science in a different manner than do male colleagues." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Biologie; Wissenschaftler; Akademikerin; Planung; Karriere; Berufsverlauf; Karriereplanung
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz