Identity of Engineering Expertise: Implicitly Biased and Sustaining the Gender Gap

Autor/inn/en	Poleacovschi, Cristina; Faust, Kasey; Roy, Arkajyoti; Feinstein, Scott
Titel	Identity of Engineering Expertise: Implicitly Biased and Sustaining the Gender Gap
Quelle	In: Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 147 (2021) 1 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Faust, Kasey) ORCID (Roy, Arkajyoti)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2643-9107
DOI	10.1061/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000027
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Gender Differences; Gender Bias; Employee Attitudes; Construction Industry; Engineering; Sex Role; Professional Personnel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Baugewerbe; Maschinenbau; Geschlechterrolle; Personalbestand
Abstract	Experts bring necessary comprehensive and authoritative knowledge to address issues as they arise throughout a project. This expertise is critical for construction and engineering organizations because the characteristics of each project are dynamic and unique. Practitioners often perceive expertise as objective across demographics; however, this study demonstrates that it is subjective, and that gender-implicit biases emerge when organization personnel rate the expertise of others. This study used survey data spanning 279 employees from one construction and engineering company. The results revealed that men were more likely than women to receive higher expertise ratings. Further, this study found that men were likely to rate women's expertise lower than men's expertise, while women's ratings on expertise show only marginal differences based on gender. The gender-implicit biases found within one large construction and engineering company in this study may be typical in the industry more widely. Finally, this research contributes to role congruity theory by showing the alignment and misalignment between expertise roles and gender roles. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01