Women’s Career Decision Making and Interest in Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis of Influential Personal and Contextual Factors

Concetta Tino; Maria Cristina Lavagnolo; Monica Fedeli; Laura Bierema

doi:10.4312/as/10408

Avtorji

Concetta Tino Univerza v Padovi, Italija
Maria Cristina Lavagnolo Univerza v Padovi, Italija
Monica Fedeli Univerza v Padovi, Italija
Laura Bierema Univerza v Georgi, Athens, Združene države

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/as/10408

Ključne besede:

karierno odločanje žensk, samoučinkovitost, socialno kognitivna karierna teorija, študijski program okoljsko inženirstvo, priznavanje

Povzetek

Cilj analize je bil bolje razumeti vpliv, ki ga imajo osebni in kontekstualni dejavniki na karierno odločanje in zanimanje žensk za študij inženirstva. Na podlagi socialno kognitivne karierne teorije in ob uporabi kvalitativnega pristopa je bilo izvedenih devet intervjujev z dodiplomskimi študentkami na univerzi v severni Italiji. Rezultati kažejo na štiri glavne vidike: a) zanimanje za inženirstvo pri študentkah na enak način kultivirajo kontekstualni dejavniki v različnih kulturah; b) na njihovo zanimanje za področje inženirstva vpliva občutek samoučinkovitosti; c) to zanimanje krepi notranje in zunanje priznavanje; d) na njihovo karierno odločanje vplivajo tako osebni kot kontekstualni dejavniki. Članek spodbuja h kulturnim spremembam na področju inženirstva ter poroča o praktičnih ugotovitvah za izvajalce izobraževanj in oblikovalce politik.

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