Graduate Student Women's Perceptions of Faculty Careers: The Critical Role of Departmental Values and Support in Career Choice.
Graduate Student Women's Perceptions of Faculty Careers: The Critical Role of Departmental Values and Support in Career Choice.
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10.1021/jacsau.2c00175
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2022-06-27
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Pazicni, Samuel
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Howe, Morgan E;Kim, Melony M;Pazicni, Samuel
虽然近年来化学专业本科生和研究生中的女性人数有所增加，但女性在化学高等教育教师队伍中的代表性仍然不足，并被排除在外。这种边缘化不仅是因为获得教职的妇女人数减少，而且也是因为申请这些职位的妇女人数减少。要调查的原因，教师的职位是造成这么多的妇女转向其他地方就业，一项调查的基础上，文学主题周围的妇女的职业选择，采访目前的研究生妇女在化学课程，和我们以前的工作。该调查以社会认知职业理论（SCCT）为基础，通过QuantCrit透镜分析数据。尽管现有的文献侧重于生孩子对女性职业决策的影响，但在预测130名受访者中是否有任何人对教师职业感兴趣时，生孩子的愿望并没有出现在最优先考虑或最重要的因素中。相反，教师的职业兴趣与主题的过度劳累，高期望部门，并预计部门的重点研究，尽管个人的兴趣在教学和指导。此外，妇女对保持工作与生活的平衡表现出强烈的兴趣，但对自己获得一个能够实现这一点的职位的能力期望较低，她们还报告说，她们希望为一个重视心理健康和多样性并支持社区成员的部门工作，但对自己找到一个分享这些价值观的部门的能力期望同样较低。这些主题表明，化学系必须作出根本性的改变，关于什么是有形的价值和奖励在其系统内，如果他们希望减少排斥妇女在教师职位。
While the number of women in undergraduate and graduate chemistry programs has increased in recent years, women remain under-represented and excluded in the ranks of faculty in chemistry higher education. This marginalization results from not only fewer women being offered faculty positions but also fewer women applying for these positions. To investigate the reasons why faculty positions are causing so many women to turn elsewhere for employment, a survey was designed based on the literature themes surrounding women’s career choices, interviews with the current graduate student women in chemistry programs, and our previous work. The survey was grounded in social cognitive career theory (SCCT), and data were analyzed through a QuantCrit lens. Despite the existing literature focusing on the impact of having children on women’s career decisions, the desire to have children did not appear among either the top priorities or the most important factors in predicting whether any of the 130 survey respondents were interested in a faculty career. Instead, faculty career interest was related to themes of overwork, high expectations from departments, and expected department emphasis on research despite an individual’s interest in teaching and mentoring. Furthermore, women expressed a strong interest in maintaining work–life balance but low expectations for their ability to obtain a position that would allow it. They also reported a desire to work for a department that values mental health and diversity and supports its community members but similarly low expectations for their ability to find a department that shares these values. These themes suggest that chemistry departments must make fundamental changes regarding what is tangibly valued and rewarded within their systems if they wish to reduce the exclusion of women in faculty positions.