Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields
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10.1002/fee.2666
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发表时间：
2023-07
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Paul R. Hernandez;M. Patterson;Juliet M. Nyanamba;A. Adams;R. Barnes;Brittany Bloodhart;M. Burt;Sandra Clinton;Ilana B. Pollack;Emily V. Fischer
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Paul R. Hernandez;M. Patterson;Juliet M. Nyanamba;A. Adams;R. Barnes;Brittany Bloodhart;M. Burt;Sandra Clinton;Ilana B. Pollack;Emily V. Fischer
导师制可以成为发展更加多样化的全球科学工作队伍的解决方案的一部分，但强有力的纵向证据有限。发展性导师网络理论可以通过区分导师支持的内容（如职业支持）和个人导师网络的结构特征（如导师之间的联系密度），促进我们对各种导师在社会背景下的影响的理解。我们测试了导师网络特征对地球和环境科学纵向社会融合的影响，如科学身份发展（社会融合的关键指标）和STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）相关研究领域的研究生院申请所示，基于美国9所大学的233名本科女生的样本。我们的研究结果表明，属于紧密联系，更大，以技能为中心的导师网络创建了一个“粘性网络”的社会联系，提供信息和资源，增加保留大学女生在地球和环境科学。
Mentorship can be part of the solution to developing a more diverse global scientific workforce, but robust longitudinal evidence is limited. Developmental mentor network theory can advance our understanding of the impact of a wide range of mentors across social contexts by distinguishing between the content of mentorship support (eg career support) and the structural characteristics of an individual's mentor network (eg density of connections among mentors). We tested the influence of mentor network characteristics on longitudinal social integration into the Earth and environmental sciences, as indicated by science identity development (a key indicator of social integration) and graduate‐school applications in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)‐related fields of study, based on a sample of 233 undergraduate women at nine universities in the US. Our findings indicated that belonging to close‐knit, larger, and skill‐focused mentorship networks creates a “sticky web” of social connections, providing information and resources that increase retention of college women in the Earth and environmental sciences.