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Author: Campbell, Rachel Subject: Gender Collections: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of /Theses and Dissertations

  • Professional identity, commitment and gender in engineering: exploring the (mis)match between dispositions and cultures

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    Fall 2010

    Campbell, Rachel

    Connell’s constructionist perspective on gender, the dominant norms of the profession, the idealized traits and dispositions of engineers, and the impacts of a (mis)match between these broader norms and individual traits on commitment, are examined. The dissertation is structured around chapters that: 1

    engineers (or the engineering habitus): a strong work ethic, individual responsibility, and being rational problem-solvers; 5) analyze a primary engineering trait, technical orientation, in relation to retention and gender; 6) describe masculinities enacted in the profession and how they parallel

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