Working Engineers' Satisfaction with Helping People and Society through Their Jobs

Autor/inn/en	Bielefeldt, Angela R.; Canney, Nathan E.
Titel	Working Engineers' Satisfaction with Helping People and Society through Their Jobs
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 44 (2019) 6, S.939-953 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2018.1476468
Schlagwörter	Engineering; Job Satisfaction; College Graduates; Online Surveys; Gender Differences; Occupational Mobility; Goal Orientation; Careers; Employer Employee Relationship; Volunteers; Alumni; Social Problems; Service Learning; Engineering Education; Career Change; Social Responsibility; Graduate Study; Undergraduate Study; Educational Attainment; Prosocial Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Berufliche Mobilität; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Career; Karriere; Freiwilliger; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Service-Learning; Ingenieurausbildung; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Soziale Verantwortung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Grundstudium; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	This research explored the extent that working engineers were satisfied with their ability to help or serve people and/or society through their jobs. Over 450 engineering graduates responded to an online survey, including alumni recently transitioning to the workforce from 16 U.S. institutions and professional volunteers with Engineers Without Borders-U.S.A. Only 18% of the respondents currently working in engineering jobs had some level of dissatisfaction with helping others through their job; this differed by job sector and discipline but not gender or between recent alumni and service-active engineers. Forty per cent cited dissatisfaction with service aspects of their work as a contributing factor for leaving an engineering job. A few seemed to have left engineering careers due to dissatisfaction with their ability to help others. The results point to the importance of aligning personal goals for helping people/society with engineering careers; employers facilitating these connections may reap benefits in employee retention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01