Added Benefits: How Supporting Women Faculty in STEM Improves Everyone's Job Satisfaction

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Jessi L.; Handley, Ian M.; Rushing, Sara; Belou, Rebecca; Shanahan, Elizabeth A.; Skewes, Monica C.; Kambich, Lexie; Honea, Joy; Intemann, Kristen
Titel	Added Benefits: How Supporting Women Faculty in STEM Improves Everyone's Job Satisfaction
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 11 (2018) 4, S.502-517 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/dhe0000066
Schlagwörter	Women Faculty; STEM Education; Job Satisfaction; Gender Differences; Diversity (Faculty); Tenure; College Faculty; Psychological Needs; Self Determination; Theories; Montana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; STEM; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Fakultät; Selbstbestimmung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Can gender-based diversity programs benefit everyone? We tested whether and how a broadening participation program intended to benefit women working within male-dominated academic fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, may relate to job satisfaction for all who feel involved. Informed by self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012), we designed and tested a gender-diversity program that supported women faculty's psychological need for autonomy, relatedness, and competence through their involvement in five activities embedded in three "ADVANCE Project TRACS" (Transformation through Relatedness Autonomy and Competence Support) initiatives. Longitudinal repeated measures collected over 3 years from men and women tenure track faculty across disciplines show that for everyone, involvement with the program predicted a significant positive change in psychological need satisfaction. This change was associated with positive changes in job satisfaction over time. Results demonstrate the success of this particular program, and suggest that diversity programs that target one group can have wide-spread positive impacts on all who feel involved. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01