Gender as structure in the organisational socialisation of newcomer civil engineers

While the importance of school-to-work transitions is increasingly recognised, little research has examined the roles that gender plays in those transitions. This is a problem because of the higher rates of attrition of newcomer women engineers than newcomer men engineers. To address that gap in res...

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Published in:European journal of engineering education 2022-01, Vol.47 (1), p.102-116
Main Author: Beddoes, Kacey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Civil Engineering
Civil engineers
Employee Attitudes
Employee retention
Entry Workers
Females
Gender
Gender Issues
Interaction
Job Performance
Job Satisfaction
Labor Turnover
Men
newcomer
organisational socialisation
Organizational Culture
Power Structure
retention
Sex Stereotypes
Socialization
Women
Work Environment
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Summary:While the importance of school-to-work transitions is increasingly recognised, little research has examined the roles that gender plays in those transitions. This is a problem because of the higher rates of attrition of newcomer women engineers than newcomer men engineers. To address that gap in research, this article addresses the questions: What gendered experiences and observations do practicing civil engineers have within their first three years in the workplace? And How can those experiences be accounted for in a model of organisational socialisation? Three sets of interviews were conducted with men and women early career civil engineers in the United States. A model was then created to account for the findings. Men and women had different experiences that point to ways in which gender structures organisational socialisation, and those must be accounted for in studies of organisational socialisation.
ISSN:0304-3797
1469-5898
DOI:10.1080/03043797.2021.1915251