Measuring Perceptions of the Work Environment for Female Faculty

Riger, Stephanie; Stokes, Joseph P.; Raja, Sheela; Sullivan, Megan

doi:10.1353/rhe.1997.0015

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“…Settles and colleagues (2006) selected two of the items from Riger et al (1997) and seven items from the Gender Fairness Environment Scale (Hostler and Gressard 1993). These items were selected to "assess perceptions of a departmental environment characterized by inequality between men and women" (p. 273), with higher scores indicating a less sexist environment (e.g., "There is equal access for both men and women to lab/research space" and "Men are more likely to receive helpful career advice from colleagues").…”

Section: Scientific Setting Environment and Scientific Setting Sex DImentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves

2011

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This study examined the relationships among perceived social support, beliefs about how one would fare in a science career, and perceptions and choice of a career in science. Participants were 48 men and 33 women from the Midwestern United States who had been identified as gifted in mathematics and science and participated in a high school science enrichment program. They ranged in age from 24 to 28 years old, and the sample was predominantly White (83.3%). Participants completed an online measure approximately 10 years after the program ended examining their sources of support and beliefs about the self as a scientist to see how these variables influence perceptions of a science career and actual career. We expected that the relationship between perceived support from people and current job held would be mediated by participants' beliefs about their personal life as a scientist in the future. Similarly, we expected that the relationship between a perceived supportive environment and having a science career would be mediated by participants' beliefs about their career as a scientist in the future. Findings indicated that social support contributed directly to men's and women's ability to envision themselves in a future science career, which, in turn, predicted their interest in and motivation for a science career. No significant gender differences were found in the predictors of men's and women's perceptions and choice of a science career. Implications for recruitment of students into scientific majors and careers are discussed.

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Section: Scientific Setting Environment and Scientific Setting Sex DImentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves

2011

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“…For example, Stephanie Riger's work exemplifies interdisciplinary collaboration on topics ranging from sexual harassment in the work place (cf. Sullivan, Riger, Raja, & Stokes, 1997) to rape (Gordon & Riger, 1989). Her collaborator Margaret T. Gordon personifies the sort of scholar that interdisciplinary feminist research produces: she has held positions in Sociology, Journalism, and Public Policy.…”

Section: Distinct Facilitating Factors For Interdisciplinary Communitmentioning

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Community Psychology at the Crossroads: Prospects for Interdisciplinary Research

Matón

Perkins

Saegert

2006

American Journal of Community Psychology

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Effective engagement in interdisciplinary work is critical if community psychology is to achieve its promise as a field of ecological inquiry and social action. The purpose of this paper and special issue is to help make the benefits of interdisciplinary community research clearer and to identify and begin to address its challenges. Although some areas of psychology (e.g., biological, cognitive and health) have made substantial interdisciplinary strides in recent decades, progress in community psychology (and related areas) is more modest. In this article we explore the prospects for expanding and improving interdisciplinary community research. Challenges include designs, measures, and analytical frameworks that integrate multiple levels of analysis from individuals through families, organizations, and communities to policy jurisdictions, and the complexities involved in simultaneously bringing together multiple disciplinary collaborators and community partners. Challenges to interdisciplinary collaboration common to all disciplines include the disciplinary nature of academic culture and reward structures, limited funding for interdisciplinary work and uncertainties related to professional identity and marketability. Overcoming these challenges requires a synergy among facilitative factors at the levels of the interdisciplinary project team (e.g., the framing question; embedded relationships; leadership), the investigators (e.g., commitment to new learning; time to invest), and the external context (e.g., physical, administrative, economic and intellectual resources and support for interdisciplinary work). We conclude by identifying several exemplars of effective interdisciplinary collaborations and concrete steps our field can take to enhance our development as a vibrant community-based, multilevel discipline increasingly devoted to interdisciplinary inquiry and action.

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“…The work-related difficulties and complexities are even more noticeable for females in the developing countries (Madsen and Scribner, 2017;Sarwar and Imran, 2019), where they have inadequate access to technology and education. In these nations, female involvement in the work force is usually more conventional, and prospects of economic progress are less (Sullivan et al, 1997). Earlier researchers (Altinay et al, 2012;Barba-Sánchez and Atienza-Sahuquillo, 2018) have shown that EIs can boost the initiation of new ventures.…”

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Female Entrepreneurial Intentions in Pakistan: A Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective

2021

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With theoretical underpinnings in the theory of planned behavior, this research aims at investigating how women's entrepreneurial intentions might develop in Pakistan. The survey of 216 female students revealed that psychological capital plays an important role in shaping women's entrepreneurial commitment which in turn results in increased intentions to opt for entrepreneurship as a career. Additionally, it was observed that social support moderates the indirect relation in such a way that in the presence of high social support, the association between psychological capital and intentions via commitment is further strengthened. Because women face comparatively more barriers in paid career, therefore it was necessary to study the mechanism and driver that can improve their entrepreneurial intentions, since they represent an untapped resource that might be utilized to improve the economic prospects of a country. The study bridges a significant knowledge gap in utilizing psychological capital to enhance female's entrepreneurial intentions, who are under constant pressure of juggling multiple roles at work and home.

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Measuring Perceptions of the Work Environment for Female Faculty

Cited by 60 publications

References 15 publications

Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves

Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves

Community Psychology at the Crossroads: Prospects for Interdisciplinary Research

Female Entrepreneurial Intentions in Pakistan: A Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective

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