"It's More Flexible": Persistence of Women Engineers in the Academy

Autor/inn/en	Mlambo, Yeukai Angela; Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng
Titel	"It's More Flexible": Persistence of Women Engineers in the Academy
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 42 (2017) 3, S.271-285 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2016.1158790
Schlagwörter	Engineering; Technical Occupations; Women Scientists; Womens Education; Gender Discrimination; School Support; Work Environment; Social Support Groups; Women Faculty; College Faculty; Teacher Persistence; Semi Structured Interviews; Sex Stereotypes; Recognition (Achievement); Teacher Attitudes; Achievement Need; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Weibliche Gelehrte; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Schulförderverein; Arbeitsmilieu; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Frauenakademie; Fakultät; Soziale Anerkennung; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The under-representation of women in engineering is an issue of concern for policy-makers. While much of the existing literature has focussed on understanding reasons for women's under-representation in engineering and related technical fields, there is a paucity of research that examines why women who are already in engineering persist. This study aims to answer the question, why do women engineers in academe persist in a discipline that is generally perceived to be inhospitable to women. Three main challenges, namely gender discrimination, lack of institutional and disciplinary support, and the rigid nature of the workplace, emerged as key impediments to women engineers in the private sector. In contrast, women engineers in the academy identified the flexibility offered by academic environments, the presence of personal support networks, and a passion for teaching and students as critical factors that influenced their decision to remain in academia. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01