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What helps? Women engineers’ accounts of staying on

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Fernando, Dulini, Cohen, Laurie and Duberley, Joanne (2018) What helps? Women engineers’ accounts of staying on. Human Resource Management Journal, 28 (3). pp. 479-495. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12192 ISSN 0954-5395.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12192

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Abstract

We have considerable understanding of the obstacles that women engineers encounter and the reasons that they leave the field, but we know less about what enables them to remain. Adopting an interpretivist approach, this article examines how a group of British women engineers in two FTSE 100 companies account for “staying on” in their male‐dominated work settings. We delineate four specific forms of help that facilitate women's retention in the field. We argue that exposure to help leads to women developing a habitus that enables them to continue working in engineering. To conclude, we draw on our findings to outline HR practices that will facilitate supportive relationships in the workplace and pave the way towards developing more positive organisational climates.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women engineers, Women in engineering, Women--Employment, Engineers
Journal or Publication Title: Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0954-5395
Official Date: July 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2018Published
22 April 2018Available
12 February 2018Accepted
Volume: 28
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 479-495
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12192
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 13 February 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 April 2020

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