TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional Identity Of Female Engineering Graduates: An Exploration Of Identity Status Through Life History Research
AU - Van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha
AU - Endedijk, Maaike D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The number of students entering engineering programmes is too low to meet the need for engineering graduates. Still, many leave for jobs outside the technical sector right after graduation. Professional identity is a concept that helps to explain why they stay in or leave the technical sector (Cech 2014). It is the result of the process of professional socialisation. This study uses life history research to understand the professional socialisation of engineering graduates from kindergarten age until a few years after graduation. An analysis of the life experiences of male and female engineering graduates shows differences in how they describe moments of choice, reflecting different professional identity statuses of male and female graduates.
AB - The number of students entering engineering programmes is too low to meet the need for engineering graduates. Still, many leave for jobs outside the technical sector right after graduation. Professional identity is a concept that helps to explain why they stay in or leave the technical sector (Cech 2014). It is the result of the process of professional socialisation. This study uses life history research to understand the professional socialisation of engineering graduates from kindergarten age until a few years after graduation. An analysis of the life experiences of male and female engineering graduates shows differences in how they describe moments of choice, reflecting different professional identity statuses of male and female graduates.
KW - engineering programmes
KW - engineering graduates
KW - professional identity
KW - professional socialisation
KW - life history research
KW - technical sector
KW - male and female graduates
KW - Professional socialisation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179840020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.21427/mgsh-p003
DO - 10.21427/mgsh-p003
M3 - Article
SP - 1416
EP - 1424
JO - European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
JF - European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
ER -