Culturas organizativas de género en la ingeniería académica alemana

Abstract

This paper will describe and analyse how female professors manage formal and informal norms and values of their departments and organizations. State of the art includes different gender theories and research. With a qualitative methodological design (especially interviews and focus discussion groups), case studies were conducted in companies, political institutions, governmental research organizations and universities. From a gender perspective, the following aspects were analysed: gender stereotypes and gendered leadership expectations, transparent and strategic communication, expectations of output, commitment and availability, gender awareness, and integration in gendered networking and networks. The results focus on academic engineering cultures in investigated research institutes and one technical university.

Half-fulfilled Promises: Creating a Veteran-friendly Space in Engineering Graduate Programs

“…Based on their prior military experiences, student veterans enrich STEM program environments by sharing their first-hand knowledge of real-life issues and pragmatic insights that are pivotal to understanding the impact of engineering decisions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context [10]. Engineering programs are regarded as a selective and demanding discipline thriving on individualism [11], competition, and male-dominated discourse [12] [13]. Many engineering graduate programs, especially those running experimental labs for research and innovation, are built upon an apprenticeship model [14] [15] [16], which conceptualizes student learning through a more experienced tradesperson's modeling and an apprentice's gradual development of designated skillsets, behaviors, and identity under the master's close supervision.…”