Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry
This paper draws on four bodies of literature to examine the phenomenon of slow progression for female engineers up the corporate ladder. Participants in my study consist of male engineers who have been in this field for at least a year. Results show that the reasons why these women are facing diffi...
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| author | Ang, Fiona Hui San |
| author2 | Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley |
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| description | This paper draws on four bodies of literature to examine the phenomenon of slow progression for female engineers up the corporate ladder. Participants in my study consist of male engineers who have been in this field for at least a year. Results show that the reasons why these women are facing difficulty in getting promoted include long, hectic and stressful workload juxtaposed with the family responsibilities that they have to undertake. In addition, the idea of a “male design” in engineering, protecting and continuing the ‘old-boy network’, and the social structures that shape how an individual should behave also contribute to the slow advancement for a women’s career in engineering. Nevertheless, companies also try to take an objective approach such as measuring the employee’s performance level before deciding if he/she deserves to get promoted. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/438342019-12-10T12:13:18Z Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry Ang, Fiona Hui San Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races This paper draws on four bodies of literature to examine the phenomenon of slow progression for female engineers up the corporate ladder. Participants in my study consist of male engineers who have been in this field for at least a year. Results show that the reasons why these women are facing difficulty in getting promoted include long, hectic and stressful workload juxtaposed with the family responsibilities that they have to undertake. In addition, the idea of a “male design” in engineering, protecting and continuing the ‘old-boy network’, and the social structures that shape how an individual should behave also contribute to the slow advancement for a women’s career in engineering. Nevertheless, companies also try to take an objective approach such as measuring the employee’s performance level before deciding if he/she deserves to get promoted. Bachelor of Arts 2011-04-29T01:36:18Z 2011-04-29T01:36:18Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43834 en Nanyang Technological University 38 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races Ang, Fiona Hui San Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title | Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title_full | Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title_fullStr | Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title_short | Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| title_sort | promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races |
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