Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2009
Abstract
Women have a low representation in engineering as well as other science, technology, and math (STEM) fields as compared to other professions – and retention rates for males in engineering significantly exceed those for women. While previous research has identified numerous reasons why women exit STEM careers at a higher rate than men, the literature is silent about those women who stay. To better understand why women remain in corporate engineering professions despite well-researched and well-documented organizational and occupational obstacles that make it difficult for them to succeed, a qualitative study is proposed based on semi-structured interviews with both women with long-tenured careers as well as voluntarily truncated careers in the engineering professions.
Keywords
engineering, STEM women, woman engineer, career exit, retention, exit, voice, loyalty and neglect, theory of planned behavior
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Buse, Kathleen R., "Why They Stay: Career Longetivity of Women in U.S. Corporate Engineering" (2009). Student Scholarship. 535.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/535
