Abonnement à la biblothèque: Guest
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Publication de 6  numéros par an

ISSN Imprimer: 1072-8325

ISSN En ligne: 1940-431X

SJR: 0.514 SNIP: 0.875 CiteScore™:: 2.4 H-Index: 27

Indexed in

DIFFERENCES IN MOTIVATION PATTERNS AMONG EARLY AND MID-CAREER ENGINEERS

Volume 24, Numéro 3, 2018, pp. 227-259
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2018019616
Get accessGet access

RÉSUMÉ

Women are underrepresented in the engineering workforce both because they are underrepresented in undergraduate engineering programs and because they leave engineering careers at higher rates than men. Greater retention of these women after entering the workforce is important not only to support diversity in engineering but also to reinforce the national engineering workforce to advance global competitiveness. This study takes a unique look at women in the engineering workforce by focusing not only on women in early career, when many exit decisions are initiated, but also by comparing early career to mid-career and women to men. Comparisons are based on a motivational perspective regarding what lies behind career decisions – past, present, and future. Qualitative analysis of interview data is used to examine the degree of autonomy in career motivations expressed by engineers and to look more deeply at the specific types of intrinsic factors that motivate professional activities. In casting a wide net to understand motivation through the use of such qualitative methods, our study defines patterns of motivation that can be used in future work to more broadly understand how prevalent certain patterns of motivation are in the engineering workforce and subsequently take appropriate steps to support continued persistence in the field. Our findings from 29 interviews among early and mid-career engineering graduates show that almost all graduates report some form of intrinsic motivation and that women, more so than men, express these motivations as deeply embedded life interests that could be satisfied within or outside engineering.

CITÉ PAR
  1. Wilson Denise, Parry Emily, Wright Joanna, Summers Lauren, Board 54: Do Engineering Students Care about the Social Good?, 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2019. Crossref

  2. Gumaelius Lena, Paretti Marie, Defining engineering: Learning from New Graduates to Expand the Image of Engineering, 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2020. Crossref

  3. Nwaogu Janet Mayowa, Chan Albert P.C., Evaluation of multi-level intervention strategies for a psychologically healthy construction workplace in Nigeria, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology , 19, 2, 2021. Crossref

  4. Kendall Meagan R., Joslyn Cole, Navigating and reconciling identity interference and values conflicts associated with our engineering identities: A conceptual framework, 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2021. Crossref

  5. Naukkarinen Johanna, Bairoh Susanna, Gender differences in professional identities and development of engineering skills among early career engineers in Finland, European Journal of Engineering Education, 47, 1, 2022. Crossref

  6. Nwaogu Janet M., Chan Albert P. C., Akinyemi Tobi A., Conceptualizing the dynamics of mental health among construction supervisors, International Journal of Construction Management, 2022. Crossref

  7. Nwaogu Janet M., Chan Albert P. C., Naslund John A., Measures to Improve the Mental Health of Construction Personnel Based on Expert Opinions, Journal of Management in Engineering, 38, 4, 2022. Crossref

  8. Nwaogu Janet M., Chan Albert P. C., Measures to Boost Mental Health in the Construction Industry: Lessons from the Nigerian Workplace, Construction Research Congress 2022, 2022. Crossref

Prochains articles

Mitigating Barriers, Scaffolding Success: Institutional Supports for Black Undergraduate Women in Engineering Programs Meseret Hailu, Neelakshi Rajeev Tewari, Brooke Coley Underrepresented Students Pursuing Mathematics-Intensive Degrees: Changes after Transitioning to College Alison Marzocchi What do STEM Clubs do? The Effect of College Club Participation on Career Confidence and Gender Inclusion Guillermo Dominguez Garcia, Jennifer Glass Validating Practices and Messages that Promote Women’s Engineering Classroom Belongingness: An Intersectional Approach Dina Verdin, A Lili Castillo Examining the Role of Institutional Support on International Doctoral Women’s STEM Persistence and Mental Health Aisha Farra, Aashika Anantharaman, Sarah Swanson, Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, Jennifer Bekki, Nedim Yel, Ashley Randall, Bianca Bernstein Searching for safe space: Student veterans’ uneven pathways to STEM careers by race Brittany Hunt, Jae Hoon Lim Does Race, Ethnicity or Gender of the Mentor Affect Whether They Will be a “Good Mentor”? A Qualitative Analysis of Students’ Perceptions Reuben May, Christine Stanley, America Soto-Arzat, Jennifer Ackerman PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AND TEAM MEMBER EFFECTIVENESS OF MINORITIZED STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Behzad Beigpourian, Matthew Ohland Perceptions of Department Chair Roles and Responsibilities in Career Progression and Success of Women STEM Faculty Stephanie Jones, Patricia Ryan Pal “Barbed-Wire Boundaries”: Hidden Curriculum, First-Generation and Low-Income Engineering Students, and Internship Acquisition Jerry Yang, Joseph Towles, Sheri Sheppard, Sara Atwood “I Want to Make an Impact”: The Science Identity and Career Goals of Black and Latinx Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Scholars Sylvia Mendez, Kathryn Watson, Kathryn Starkey, Valerie Conley Care Work, Science Brokering, and Career Motivations: How Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults in STEM Express Social Agency during the COVID-19 Pandemic Angela Frederick, Angelica Monarrez, Danielle Morales Bridging the gap: A sequential mixed methods study of trust networks in graduate application, admissions, and enrollment Cynthia Villarreal, Julie Posselt, Theresa Hernandez, Alexander Rudolph
Portail numérique Bibliothèque numérique eBooks Revues Références et comptes rendus Collections Prix et politiques d'abonnement Begell House Contactez-nous Language English 中文 Русский Português German French Spain