Doctoral Dissertation Research: Individual Beliefs and Occupational Gender Segregation

博士论文研究：个人信仰与职业性别隔离

• 批准号: 1029668
• 负责人: Mary Blair-Loy
• 金额: $ 0.68万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029668&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Individual; Beliefs

SES- 1029668Mary Blair-LoyErin CechMaria CharlesUniversity of California-San DiegoMen and women continue to be employed in different sectors of the labor market with women occupying sectors that have less prestige, pay and power. This project studies how two culturally-informed, individually-held sets of beliefs, gender schemas (beliefs about the appropriate roles and ?essential natures? of men and women) and self-conceptions (gendered beliefs about the self), inspire decision-making that reproduces occupational gender segregation. Using a unique, NSF-funded longitudinal panel data of students from four institutions (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Olin, Smith and University of Massachusetts), and the co-investigator will study gender schemas and self-conceptions to determine if and how they influence students? major selections and their career decisions 18 months after graduation. The analysis consists of three parts: an examination of (I) the co-construction of gender schemas and self-conceptions over time and their variation by gender, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, socio-economic background and school; (II) whether these individual-level beliefs predict major selection and career launch; and (III) whether these beliefs lead to the development of gendered professional identities among a subsample of engineering students. Broader ImpactsThis research investigates why occupational gender segregation is so resilient, despite the steep rise and broad dissemination of egalitarian legal and cultural mandates over the last four decades. If culturally-informed beliefs about the self are indeed strong predictors of career-related actions, addressing this segregation would require either fostering reflexivity about the gendered nature of individuals? self-expressive actions. Study findings have implications for sex-typed professions facing a shortage of practitioners in the coming decades, particularly the recruitment of women into STEM fields and men into nursing and education. Also, findings may provide insights for K-12 efforts that reach students as they form their self-conceptions and gender schemas. Plans for dissemination include scholarly publications as well as research-based recommendations that would possibly be of interest to diversity program coordinators, policymakers and administrators for how to better recruit underrepresented students into gender-typed fields.

SES-1029668玛丽·布莱尔-洛伊琳·切奇玛丽亚·查尔斯加州大学圣地亚哥分校男性和女性继续受雇于劳动力市场的不同部门，女性占据的部门声望、薪酬和权力都较低。 这个项目研究如何两个文化知情的，个人持有的信念，性别图式（信念适当的角色和？基本的自然？性别差异（男女的性别差异）和自我概念（关于自我的性别信念），激发了复制职业性别隔离的决策。使用一个独特的，NSF资助的纵向面板数据的学生从四个机构（马萨诸塞州理工学院，奥林，史密斯和马萨诸塞州大学），和合作研究者将研究性别图式和自我概念，以确定他们是否以及如何影响学生？专业选择和他们的职业决定18个月后毕业。 分析包括三个部分：（一）性别图式和自我概念的共同建构及其随性别、种族和民族、性别认同、社会经济背景和学校的变化;（二）这些个人层面的信念是否预测专业选择和职业生涯的开始;以及（III）这些信念是否会导致工科学生中性别化职业身份的发展。更广泛的影响这项研究调查为什么职业性别隔离是如此的弹性，尽管在过去的四十年里，平等主义的法律的和文化的任务急剧上升和广泛传播。如果关于自我的文化信念确实是职业相关行为的强有力预测因素，那么解决这种隔离就需要培养对个人性别本质的反思？自我表达的行为。 研究结果对未来几十年面临从业者短缺的性别类型职业具有影响，特别是女性进入STEM领域和男性进入护理和教育领域。 此外，研究结果可能会为K-12的努力，达到学生，因为他们形成自己的自我概念和性别图式的见解。 传播计划包括学术出版物以及基于研究的建议，这些建议可能会引起多样性方案协调员，决策者和管理人员的兴趣，以了解如何更好地招募代表性不足的学生进入性别类型的领域。