Motivations to Leave Engineering: Through a Lens of Social Responsibility
Motivations to Leave Engineering: Through a Lens of Social Responsibility
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离开工程学的动机：从社会责任的角度来看
DOI：
10.1080/19378629.2017.1397159
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
A. Bielefeldt
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作者：
Greg Rulifson;A. Bielefeldt
摘要工程学应该把对人、社区和社会福利的关注作为职业的核心。关注工程学的这些帮助属性可能有助于吸引个人，特别是女性进入该领域。然而，是亲社会动机的个人离开工程在大学期间，由于缺乏社会责任（SR）通常描绘在他们的教育？更多地了解学生离开的原因与他们在职业生涯中感受到的社会责任的关系，可以帮助填补这一文献空白。三十四名学生最初主修工程参加了定性研究SR工程。在这一群体中，14名妇女中有7名有动机通过工程学帮助人民/社会，而7名妇女中有0名的职业动机与社会影响目标关系不大。三轮长达一个小时的采访，9名学生离开工程探索离开的原因，如果/如何他们的个人SR影响他们的决定，和社会影响的机会，他们设想通过他们的新的潜在的职业pathway. The采访显示专业亲社会的愿望是动机离开结合不支持的环境，脱离语境的技术课程，课程的困难。这些结果为那些试图了解为什么有才华的学生选择离开工程，并创造一个更负责任和更有爱心的工程专业的人提供了见解。
ABSTRACT Engineering should include concern for people, communities, and societal welfare at the heart of the profession. Focusing on these helping attributes of engineering may help draw individuals, particularly women, into the field. However, are prosocially motivated individuals leaving engineering during college due to the lack of social responsibility (SR) typically portrayed in their education? Understanding more about students’ reasons for leaving in relation to perceived social responsibilities through their careers can help fill this literature gap. Thirty-four students initially majoring in engineering participated in a qualitative study of SR in engineering. Among this cohort, 7 of 14 women motivated to help people/society through engineering left, compared with 0 of 7 whose professional motivations were less related to social impact goals. Three rounds of hour-long interviews with nine students who left engineering explored reasons for leaving, if/how their personal SR impacted their decision, and social impact opportunities they envisioned through their new potential career path. The interviews show professional prosocial desires are motivation to leave combined with unsupportive environments, decontextualized technical courses, and curricular difficulty. These results provide insights for those trying to: understand why talented students choose to leave engineering, and create a more responsible and caring engineering profession.