Will the Head of Engineering please stand Up? The under-representation of women in engineering

Durbin, Susan; lopes, Ana; Warren, Stella

Abstract

This chapter examines a highly gender segregated area of employment for women – engineering – a profession where this segregation begins at school, continues through to the workplace and is underpinned by gender stereotypical views of what constitutes, ‘men’s work and women’s work’ (Bradley, 1989). The chapter offers an insight into what life is like for female engineers, specifically in relation to their numerical under-representation, how they think women engineers are perceived and the challenges they face as female professional engineers in male dominated workplaces.

• Publication Date: Aug 25, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 169-184
• Series Title: Routledge Studies in Gender and Organisations
• Book Title: Gender and the Professions
• ISBN: 9781138680579
• Keywords: gender, engineers, under-representation, challenges, aviation and aerospace
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882702
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Gender-and-the-Professions-International-and-Contemporary-Perspectives/Broadbent-Strachan-Healy/p/book/9781138680579