Why is the pipeline leaking? Experiences of young women in STEM vocational education and training and their adjustment strategies.

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Autor/Urheber	Makarova, Elena (Department for Teacher Education, Centre for Teacher Education, University of Vienna); Aeschlimann, Belinda (Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training); Herzog, Walter (Department of Educational Psychology, Institute o
Institution	Springer Nature
Titel	Why is the pipeline leaking? Experiences of young women in STEM vocational education and training and their adjustment strategies.
Quelle	In: o:527634; doi:10.1186/s40461-016-0027-y; ISSN: 1877-6345; hdl:11353/10.527634; ISSN:1877-6345 ; Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 8 (2016)(2016) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s40461-016-0027-y
Schlagwörter	Gender inequality; STEM; Women; Human resource management; Qualitative method
Abstract	Purpose: The paper investigates the perceptions of young women during their vocational education and training (VET) in traditionally male-dominated STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—by analyzing mechanisms and actions addressing the female gender in gender-atypical career fields and reveals strategies young women apply when adjusting to the male-dominated educational and professional fields. Design/methodology/approach: The data originate from semi-structured interviews with young women (N = 71) who had chosen a STEM career and who were enrolled in VET in Swiss secondary schools. Results: The results indicate different processes of gendering in VET, uncovering various mechanisms and symbolic actions which contribute to the (re-)production of a masculine culture in STEM professions. Furthermore, the study provides insight into the different strategies young women apply in order to adjust to gender-atypical educational and professional life domains. Implications: The paper calls for the visibility of gender inequality in VET in order to make changes toward less female dropout in STEM fields. Moreover, the paper also presents implications for HR professionals and practitioners and provides suggestions for debates about the shortage of (female) STEM workers. Originality/value: Little is known about women's experience in gender-atypical tracks of VET. There is still a need to plug the leaks, i.e., reduce female attrition, in the STEM pipeline.
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