A Gender Analysis of Engineering PhD Students' Career Decision-Making Process Using a Bounded Agency Model

Autor/in	da Costa, Romina B.
Titel	A Gender Analysis of Engineering PhD Students' Career Decision-Making Process Using a Bounded Agency Model
Quelle	(2019), (263 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-0883-9189-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Gender Differences; Career Choice; Decision Making; State Universities; Research Universities; Doctoral Students; Career Development; Engineering Education; College Faculty; Diversity (Faculty); Holistic Approach; Organizational Culture; Barriers; Women Faculty; Disproportionate Representation; Guidelines; Doctoral Degrees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Geschlechterkonflikt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Staatliche Universität; Forschungseinrichtung; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Berufsentwicklung; Ingenieurausbildung; Fakultät; Holistischer Ansatz; Unternehmenskultur; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Richtlinien; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad
Abstract	This qualitative research study applies a bounded agency model in investigating the career decision making process of engineering PhD students at a large, public research university in the United States. Through a gender analysis of the career decision-making of men and women PhD students in engineering, this study sheds light on the reasons why men and women choose different career trajectories in engineering, with implications for diversifying the professoriate. This study highlights the ways in which men and women PhD students in engineering experience the university as an institution differently, and form different impressions of the academic career. The bounded agency model allows for a holistic examination of the organizational barriers, as well as the individual level dispositions and characteristics that work to limit the range of feasible alternatives and choices for men and women as they make their career choices. The findings provide insight into the career decision-making of men and women PhDs as an iterative process of information gathering, crystallization of values, and narrowing down of options. Gender differences are outlined at each stage in this process, providing a framework for furthering understanding of other underrepresented populations in the professoriate. Additionally, the findings have implications for graduate education in engineering, and for PhD student career development and choice, both in the United States and beyond. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01