How not to scare off women: different needs of female early-stage researchers in STEM and SSH fields and the implications for support measures
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378025%3A_____%2F19%3A00499466" target="_blank" >RIV/68378025:_____/19:00499466 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10734-018-0347-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10734-018-0347-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-018-0347-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10734-018-0347-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How not to scare off women: different needs of female early-stage researchers in STEM and SSH fields and the implications for support measures
Original language description
Women researchers are underrepresented in almost all research fields. There are disciplinary differences in the phase in which they tend to quit their academic career: in the natural and technical sciences (STEM), it is in the postdoctoral phase, whereas in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) it is during the doctoral phase. This is indicative of disciplinary differences in the barriers women face in their careers. Related studies on these barriers are more numerous in the STEM field, which in turn limits the scope of potential policies and measures that address the needs of women in the SSH field. This article aspires to contribute to an understanding of the obstacles women from different fields face in their careers and to offer a reflection on various support measures. Using qualitative data (interviews, focus groups, workshop notes, evaluation forms) from a Czech mentoring programme for female junior researchers across all fields, the subsequent analysis reveals disciplinary differences in the perceived career path obstacles in research as well as the attitudes held towards it. Furthermore, the analysis points to the reasons for these obstacles and attitudes by using the concept of professional identity, a useful tool for identifying the barriers to the development of professional career ambitions. Additionally, the analysis utilises Becher and Trowler’s categorisation of SSH and STEM fields into rural and urban categories, enabling one to reflect on the social, cognitive and power features of these fields and the influence these features have on the conditions for the start of an academic career. Recommendations are also included.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LE14021" target="_blank" >LE14021: Support for international cooperation in mentoring: networking and research</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Higher Education
ISSN
0018-1560
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
78
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
365-388
UT code for WoS article
000475813700010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85058968158