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Surviving STEM : = Mentoring, self-efficacy and career intentions of female graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Surviving STEM :/
Reminder of title:	Mentoring, self-efficacy and career intentions of female graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Author:	Yost, Elizabeth Allyne.
Description:	1 online resource (127 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 74-04, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International74-04A.
Subject:	Womens studies. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9781267597687

Surviving STEM : = Mentoring, self-efficacy and career intentions of female graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Yost, Elizabeth Allyne.

Surviving STEM :Mentoring, self-efficacy and career intentions of female graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math. - 1 online resource (127 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 74-04, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references

The state of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is not equitable to that of their male counterparts. While great strides have been taken in the last few years, many areas of STEM are still unable to draw equitable numbers of women into the academy. One way to encourage women to enter in and remain in the academy is through mentoring. Through mentoring, women are able to see that a career path is possible for them and better learn how to navigate the structure of the academy. Mentoring has also been shown to increase self-efficacy, which the Social Cognitive Career Theory states, is integral for career success. Using Social Cognitive Career Theory, this work evaluates the impact of mentoring on self-efficacy and intended career outcomes. Using data from a nationwide study of female graduate students in STEM programs at NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation awardee institutions, both quantitative and qualitative analysis is evaluated. Two hundred nineteen individual responses are considered for logistic regression and 40 randomly selected cases are considered for narrative method. The narrative method is compared to logistic regression to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each method for the research question. Narrative analysis and logistic regression do not find support for self-efficacy or mentoring impacting intended career outcomes. Both methods do find support for the impact of social support or number of close friends and family. Further research into the impact of mentoring and ways to build self-efficacy in this population is vital in continuing to address the gender inequity STEM fields are currently facing. Keywords: self-efficacy, STEM, mentoring, Social Cognitive Career Theory.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781267597687Subjects--Topical Terms:

1372829
Womens studies.
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Graduate educationIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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