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- Title
We are strong and we are resilient: Career experiences of women engineers.
- Authors
Khilji, Shaista E.; Pumroy, Kelly Harper
- Abstract
With the purpose of breaking down socially derived, implicit assumptions regarding women and highlighting their resilience and strength within organizations, this study focused upon career experiences of women engineers. Findings indicated women constantly navigated gendered social and organizational norms to develop their careers. We found them to employ three distinct coping strategies, conforming to play by the rules, negotiating to play around the rules and defying to establish own rules. The ways in which participants arrived at and enacted on these coping strategies is illustrative of their strength, forethought and self‐directedness. All participants demonstrated high self‐concept and the ability to learn and adapt. The study allowed us to acknowledge prevalence of gendered norms and expectations, while also highlighting women's strength in navigating their careers. We hope that the study is able to illuminate persistence of male perspective in the literature and promote a perspective of women as strong and resilient professionals.
- Subjects
WOMEN engineers; CAREER development; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL norms; LEARNING ability
- Publication
Gender, Work & Organization, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 7, p1032
- ISSN
0968-6673
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/gwao.12322