It’s Not You, It’s Me: An Exploration of Mentoring Experiences for Women in STEM
It’s Not You, It’s Me: An Exploration of Mentoring Experiences for Women in STEM
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不是你，是我：STEM 女性辅导经验探索
DOI：
10.1007/s11199-020-01129-x
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
M. C. Saffie‐Robertson
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作者：
M. C. Saffie‐Robertson
尽管从事科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)工作的妇女人数继续增加，但在这些行业的就业人员中，男性仍然占相当大的比例。辅导方案已被确定为缩小这一差距的有用工具，因此已经制定了这些方案，以努力吸引和留住STEM妇女。然而，研究表明，与男性同事相比，女性接受指导的频率仍然较低。为了深入了解这一问题，访问了在美国和加拿大的STEM组织中担任管理职务的36名妇女，并讨论了她们的指导经验。研究结果表明，女性确实有机会接触到并找到潜在的导师，但她们认为，阻碍这些最初的会面发展为长期指导关系的重大障碍。具体地说，确定了发展导师关系(BDM)的四个障碍，包括：需要匹配、展示能力、导师的承诺和对导师的信任。BDM可能会帮助研究人员和从业者理解为什么妇女在STEM工作场所受到的指导不足，因此代表人数不足。讨论了这些发现的含义，例如如何改进正式的指导计划，以克服BDM并更好地为STEM中的女性提供服务。
Although the number of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) continues to grow, men still represent a significant majority of those employed in these industries. Mentoring programs have been identified as a useful tool to alleviate this gap and therefore have been developed in an effort to attract and retain women in STEM. However, research suggests that women are still being mentored less often than their male colleagues. To understand this issue in depth, 36 women holding managerial positions in STEM organizations in the United States and Canada were interviewed and their experiences with mentoring were discussed. The results suggest that women do have access and indeed find potential mentors but they perceive significant barriers that prevent these initial meetings from developing into long-term mentoring relationships. Specifically, four Barriers to the Development of Mentorship (BDM) were identified including: Need for Fit, Demonstrating Capability, Commitment of the Mentor, and Trust in the Mentor. BDM might help researchers and practitioners understand why women are under-mentored and consequently underrepresented in STEM workplaces. Implications of these findings are discussed, such as how to improve formal mentoring programs to overcome BDM and better serve women in STEM.
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
Eby, Lillian T.;Allen, Tammy D.;DuBois, David L.
通讯作者：
DuBois, David L.