Why so few women in STEM: The role of social coping

Wuhib, Frehiwot W.; Dotger, Sharon

doi:10.1109/isecon.2014.6891055

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“…Their Finding Ross and Thomas [23]; Kolmos et al [24]; Casey et al [25]; Melak and Singh [17]; Vidal et al [12]; Longe et al [15]; Wuhib and Dotger [9] They found that the nature of scientific queries and sociocultural factors affecting women's choice of learning engineering and technology. Ross and Thomas [23]; Vidal et al [12]; Simmonds et al [26]; Marginson et al [10] These authors also studied role models and encouragement can affect women's choice.…”

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“…This phenomenon has been evidenced in many universities worldwide, and several collaborative projects and networks are trying to understand the causes to find mitigation actions in the future. Wuhib and Dotger [9] also conducted a study on why so few women in STEM at Syracuse University, New York. Even though there is a gradual increase in their participation, women are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.…”

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“…Fifty-two respondents agreed that "women participation in engineering is limited by the dominance of men in the field," and 57 participants also agreed that "women participation in engineering is limited by lack of career awareness." A study by Wuhib and Dotger [9] conducted why few women in STEM using 296 participants in New York. They consider the chilly climate of STEM fields and present social perception's role as the factors affecting undergraduate women's STEM education success.…”

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Factors Affecting Women’s Choice of Learning Engineering and Technology Education in Ethiopia

Melak

Singh

2021

IEEE Access

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Recently, women in engineering and technology education have been given due importance in academic studies. In this background, the study has been carried out with two objectives. The first is to compare women's participation in engineering and technology vis-à-vis other STEM subjects. It has been done based on secondary data of enrollment, and the second one is to discuss the factors affecting their choice of pursuing engineering and technology. The average registration of women in engineering and technology is 24%, lower than any other study field. The second objective has been analyzed based on primary data collected from 384 women students learning engineering and technology and other science subjects (i.e., chemistry, biology, mathematics, statistics, physics). The result of Logit regression on factors affecting women's choice of learning engineering and technology reveals that expected salary is the most influencing factor. Other factors, high school education performance (results of grade 12 exam), the presence of an engineer and technologist in the family, access to role models, and the family's annual income, positively affect women's choice of learning engineering and technology education. All stakeholders, such as the government, teaching institutions, and associations dealing with women in engineering and technology education, must have appropriate measures for making role models more visible.INDEX TERMS women, choice of field stream, engineering and technology education, Ethiopia

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Factors Affecting Women’s Choice of Learning Engineering and Technology Education in Ethiopia

Melak

Singh

2021

IEEE Access

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“…Information technology (IT) refers specifically to computing and computing-related degrees and professions, and women are largely under-represented in these degree programs and industry (Adam, Howcroft, & Richardson, 2004;Armstrong, Riemenschneider, Allen, & Reid, 2007;Clayton, Beekhuyzen, & Nielsen, 2012;Craig, Fisher, Scollary, & Singh, 1998;Myers, Moody, Beise, & Woszczynski, 2006;Panteli, 2012;Woodfield, 2002;Wuhib & Dotger, 2014). Turnover is high for women pursuing IT degrees.…”

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Anchoring Female Millennial Students in an IT Career Path: The CLASS Anchor Model

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Noteboom²

2018

JMWAIS

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Goals and desires are strong incentives for careers and life choices. When goals and desires are not met, change often occurs. Women are leaving the IT profession two times faster than men and often within the first twelve years of employment. Women are also underrepresented in the IT profession with only 25 percent of the current jobs being held by women. This study examines how organizations can retain females in IT professions through motivational anchors. While there are research studies that have investigated the gender gap, there is a need to investigate female millennial students' relationship to IT through their motivational goals and desires, and how their perceptions fit with anchoring them to an IT career path. This study addresses the demographic influences on millennial female students as they prepare to enter the workforce. Following an analysis of qualitative data, collected in a Midwestern University using surveys, this study examines the perceptions of female students who are seeking an IT career path. The CLASS (Competencies, Life System, Accomplishment, Service, and Security) Anchor model informs how female students' motivations affect the pursuit of an IT education and career.

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“…In the area of Information Technology (IT), women are largely under-represented in degree programs and the profession [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Information Technology (IT) is used to refer specifically to computing and computing-related degrees and professions.…”

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An Exploration of Anchoring Female Millennial Students to an IS/IT Career Path: The CLASS Model

Noteboom

Rowland²

2017

Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017)

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Why so few women in STEM: The role of social coping

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Factors Affecting Women’s Choice of Learning Engineering and Technology Education in Ethiopia

Factors Affecting Women’s Choice of Learning Engineering and Technology Education in Ethiopia

Anchoring Female Millennial Students in an IT Career Path: The CLASS Anchor Model

An Exploration of Anchoring Female Millennial Students to an IS/IT Career Path: The CLASS Model

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