Returning to STEM: Gendered Factors Affecting Employability for Mature Women Students

Autor/in	Herman, Clem
Titel	Returning to STEM: Gendered Factors Affecting Employability for Mature Women Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 28 (2015) 6, S.571-591 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2014.887198
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Females; Nontraditional Students; STEM Education; Employment Qualifications; Gender Bias; Sex Stereotypes; Barriers; Longitudinal Studies; Online Courses; Sex Role; Social Attitudes; Geographic Location; Institutional Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Coding; Individual Characteristics; Program Effectiveness; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Weibliches Geschlecht; STEM; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Geschlechterstereotyp; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Geschlechterrolle; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Codierung; Programmierung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper adds to current discourses around employability by arguing for an explicit recognition of gender, in particular in relation to women's employment in male-dominated sectors such as science, engineering and technology. This is not limited to young first-time graduates but continues and evolves throughout the life course. Mature women students, who are returning after career breaks, face a number of barriers in re-entering such employment sectors. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of women graduates in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, who participated in a UK government-funded online programme aimed at supporting them to return to work, the paper examines three gendered factors identified as being of particular influence on outcomes--gender role normativity, locality and mobility, and structural and institutional barriers. The paper concludes by identifying strategies deployed by those that successfully returned to employment, including retraining, networking and doing unpaid or low-paid work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01