ICWES15 - 'I Like the Challenge': A Study of Women Engineers Who Have Stayed in the Profession. Presented by Ms Mary E Ayre, University of South Australia, United Kingdom and Professor Julie E Mills, University of South Australia, Australia
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ICWES15 - 'I Like the Challenge': A Study of Women Engineers Who Have Stayed in the Profession. Presented by Ms Mary E Ayre, University of South Australia, United Kingdom and Professor Julie E Mills, University of South Australia, Australia
- 1. I Like the Challenge A Study of Women Engineers who have Stayed in the Profession Mary Ayre, Julie Mills, Judith Gill University of South Australia, Adelaide Presentation Outline
Editor's Notes
- Not been possible to obtain comparable data. Note UK data is all SET, not just engineering
- From US literature (Hunt, 2010; Hewlett et al, 2008; Fouad & Singh, 2011) Also found in the 2 Australian CREW surveys
- ATU chosen because we had ready access to data. [If necessary – 76 women have graduate 1974-2008. No contact details available for 11, hence survey sent to 65. Of the 65 sent invitations, 56 responded hence 86% response rate to the survey) The 94.6% rate is of the 56 who responded, i.e. 53 of them were still in the engineering profession BUT cannot assume that the 20 uncontactable or who did not respond have left the profession. Some international, may well be working as engineers in own country. Others reported by contemporaries as on the move: travelling or taking career break.] 16 of the 56 volunteered to be interviewed. Well aware that the purpose was to explore the factors leading to success in the profession – so sample is almost certainly heavily biased towards the successful. Questions ranged over several topics – when and why decided to become engineer How they managed their caring responsibilities How to belong or fit into the profession Why there are so few women engineers & what can/should be done
- IF NECESSARY A good engineer is (in any order) Good at problem solving Oral and written communication skills, teamwork Technical Good at current job is same 3 as above but this time ranked, with people skills at top. BUT MOST (ALL BUT 3) SAID THEY HAD NOT BELONGED FROM THE OUTSET.
- Several mentioned having had to learn to be more vocal, assertive and ‘visible’ Others found a change in the work environment helped them belong: either by chance like a new manager or a change in the social dynamics of the team, such as more women OR they had to make the changes themselves, by requesting transfer to another area in same organisation, or changing employer to one which has more family friendly policies . POSSIBLE KEY IN FINAL PHRASE ON SCREEN: NEED TO BE ABLE TO MATCH EXPECTATIONS TO REALITY
- RE LAST POINT: USEFUL FOR EMPLOYERS WHO SAY THEY WANT TO ATTRACT/RETAIN WOMEN ENGINEERS BUT DON’T KNOW HOW TO. THIS RESEARCH IS ONGOING AND WE WILL BE REPORTING RESULTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW IN DUE COURSE.