Author : Margaret A. Eisenhart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1998-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226195457
Are there places where women succeed in science? Numerous studies in recent years document a gender gap in science and engineering, showing women's interest in these fields declines from grade school to adulthood. WOMEN'S SCIENCE expands our conception of scientific practice as it reconfigures both women's role in science and the meaning of science in contemporary society.
Author : Jody Bart
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781557531216
Ample evidence has been provided that women historically have suffered numerous social, political, and institutional barriers to their entrance and success in the sciences. The articles in this anthology refocus the discussion and reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the issues surrounding women in the sciences. While the barriers that women have faced as researchers, subjects of research, students of science, and theorists have been well documented, this anthology breaks new ground. It presents the ways women succeed in the sciences, overcome these historical barriers, and contribute to the social practice of science and the philosophy of science in both theory and practice.
Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2017-09-04
Category :
ISBN : 9231002333
This report aims to 'crack the code' by deciphering the factors that hinder and facilitate girls' and women's participation, achievement and continuation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and, in particular, what the education sector can do to promote girls' and women's interest in and engagement with STEM education and ultimately STEM careers.
Author : Eden B. King
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313393109
Condensing and interpreting an enormous body of social science research, this book helps young women survive and thrive in their careers. In a recent survey, working women in the millennial generation (aged from 22 to 35) reported persistent concerns of gender bias in the form of inequitable pay scales, corporate cultures that favor men, stereotypes, few women among the top echelons of the organization, and barriers to balancing work and family. Clearly, women continue to face significant obstacles to success in the workplace despite the progress that has occurred in recent decades. How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success will help Gen-X, Y, and Z women who are recent high school or college grads, in their first or second job, or new moms weighing decisions about working achieve success and satisfaction in their careers. The information in this book is also invaluable for managers and counselors who work with young women and want to understand the issues they may be facing.
Author : Catherine Hill
Publisher : Aauw Educational Foundation
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 15,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Women in engineering
ISBN : 9781879922402
"In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling evidence that can help to explain this puzzle. Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics presents in-depth yet accessible profiles of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers - including stereotypes, gender bias and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities - that continue to block women's participation and progress in science, technology, engineering, and math. The report also includes up to date statistics on girls' and women's achievement and participation in these areas and offers new ideas for what each of us can do to more fully open scientific and engineering fields to girls and women."--pub. desc.
Author : Alessandro Lanteri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107015707
Leading scholars investigate the profession of academic economics, with a focus on the intellectual environment and incentives for economic research.
Author : Paco Underhill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1416569960
The author of Why We Buy reports on the growing importance of women in everybody's marketplace--what makes a package, product, space, or service "female friendly." He offers a tour of the world's marketplace--with shrewd observations and practical applications to help everybody adapt to the new realities. Underhill examines how a woman's role as homemaker has evolved into homeowner; how the home gym and home office are linked to the women's health movement and home-based businesses; why the refrigerator has trumped the stove as the crucial appliance; why some malls are succeeding while others fail. "The point is," writes Underhill, "while men were busy doing other things, women were becoming a major social, cultural, and economic force." And, as he warns, no business can afford to ignore their power and presence--From publisher description.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Women engineers
ISBN : 9781879922457
The book focuses on the underrepresentation of women in engineering and computing and provides practical ideas for educators and employers seeking to foster gender diversity. From new ways of conceptualizing the fields for beginning students to good management practices, the report recommends large and small actions that can add up to real change.
Author : F. Mary Williams
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Women
ISBN : 9780784415238
In this second edition, Williams and Emerson update their popular handbook for professional women in engineering, science, and technology with timely information and practical tips for career success.
Author : Ellen Mayock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1137508302
This book employs the image of “shrapnel,” bits of scattered metal that can hit purposeful targets or unwitting bystanders, to narrate the story of workplace power and gender discrimination. The project interweaves stories of gender shrapnel with an examination of national rhetoric surrounding business, education, and law to uncover underlying phenomena that contribute to discourse on privilege and gender in the academic workplace. Using concrete examples that serve as case studies for subsequent discussion of data about women in the workforce, language use and misuse, sexual harassment, silence and shutting up, and hiring, training, promotion, and the glass ceiling, Mayock explores the deeper implications of gender inequity in the workplace.
