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The strategies that women engineers use in negotiating their work identity01 September 2015 (has links)
M.A. / Women engineers operating in a male-dominated environment face many challenges and are critical to retain in South Africa’s developing economy. The main aim of this research study was to determine the strategies that women engineers use in negotiating their work identity. The strategies were identified by using the Conceptual Model of Engineers’ Identities as a framework to develop an understanding of women engineers’ identity work. A qualitative method was employed to gather the data for this study. The research design that determined how the data would be analysed was a qualitative survey. This study consisted of ten research participants working in different organisations situated in Gauteng and Pretoria, South Africa...
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Women in engineering : identifying and analyzing gender socialization in the faculty of engineering at the University of Kwazulu-NatalFrancis, Maryann Marilyn 11 1900 (has links)
The research problem reflected a lower number of female postgraduate students and
academics as compared to their male counterparts within the Faculty of Engineering at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal.
A descriptive survey was disseminated to a stratified sample of undergraduate final year
students in the disciplines of Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Computer
and Bioresources Engineering. An online survey was also sent to the nine female academics
within the Faculty.
The study indicates that the social and academic environment within the Faculty of
Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal was not a deterrent to female graduates
studying further and entering academia. The exam performance of both male and female
students was similar and neither the drop-out rate nor failure was due to gender but rather to
the choice of degree. An issue of concern to both the student and the academic group was
the low numbers of female academics. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Women in engineering : identifying and analyzing gender socialization in the faculty of engineering at the University of Kwazulu-NatalFrancis, Maryann Marilyn 11 1900 (has links)
The research problem reflected a lower number of female postgraduate students and
academics as compared to their male counterparts within the Faculty of Engineering at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal.
A descriptive survey was disseminated to a stratified sample of undergraduate final year
students in the disciplines of Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Computer
and Bioresources Engineering. An online survey was also sent to the nine female academics
within the Faculty.
The study indicates that the social and academic environment within the Faculty of
Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal was not a deterrent to female graduates
studying further and entering academia. The exam performance of both male and female
students was similar and neither the drop-out rate nor failure was due to gender but rather to
the choice of degree. An issue of concern to both the student and the academic group was
the low numbers of female academics. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Work-life balance in the career life stages of female engineers: a hermeneutic phenomenological perspectiveLoudon, Tainith Doreen 11 1900 (has links)
Text in English / The purpose of this study was to explore the work-life balance experiences of female engineers as they progress through various career life stages. Research has demon-strated that female engineers experience unique challenges as a result of gendered norms within male-dominated occupations, with changing life-roles, needs and ex-pectations across the various career life stages, impacting how they negotiate and perceive work-life balance. A qualitative research approach was followed using a her-meneutic phenomenology paradigm that employed a multiple case study approach consisting of semi-structured interviews with nine female engineers across three career life stages. The findings of the study confirmed current research into work-life balance, highlighting that work-life balance needs and expectations are different across the lifespan and are particularly affected by the changing nature of the work role within the lives of female engineers. Companies should consider changing their organisational culture to acknowledge the needs of female engineers in both family and work domains. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Comm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
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