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Women and Men Professors as Role Models and Their Effect on Academics' Career Decisions
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Lara Lesch; Katrin Scharfenkamp; Pamela Wicker – Sport Management Education Journal, 2024
This study investigated the perception of role model attributes of women and men sport professors, how these attributes influence the choice of academic role models, and how such role models affect career objectives. The study draws on social cognitive (career) theory. Data were collected with a quantitative online survey (N = 792) targeted at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Models, Sex, Career Choice
Undergraduate Female Science-Related Career Choices: A Phenomenological Study
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Curry, Kathy S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative phenomenological study used a modified Groenewald's five steps method with semi-structured, recorded, and transcribed interviews to focus on the underrepresentation of females in science-related careers. The study explored the lived experiences of a purposive sample of 25 senior female college students attending a college in…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Females, Disproportionate Representation, College Students
Lesbians: Identifying, Facing, and Navigating the Double Bind of Sexual Orientation and Gender in Organizational Settings
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Gedro, Julie – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2006
This chapter explores the challenges and the opportunities that lesbians experience in organizational America.
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Gender Issues, Corporations