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Factors associated with women's decision to leave a male-dominated major and enter a female-dominated major

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dc.contributor.authorSchnabel, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.departmentStudent Personnel Services and Counselingen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:51:35Zen
dc.date.adate2009-12-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:51:35Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-12-16en
dc.date.sdate2009-12-16en
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory study investigated the crucial role society and individual college cultures played in selecting and channeling women from male-dominated to female-dominated majors. Since academic major is linked to the kind of vocation a person pursues, scarcity of women in certain majors constitutes an obstacle to opportunity in the work force. Literature was used to develop questions for interview protocol to identify reasons for college women's decision to leave a male-dominated major and enter a female-dominated major. The interviews provided self-report information from college women transfers from the College of Engineering, College of Business, and College of Architecture to the College of Human Resources and revealed six factors that explained their decisions. These factors were classroom environment, faculty behaviors, peer relations, curriculum content, performance pressures, and role expectations. These factors were interdependent though each played a significant role in explaining the women's decisions. Additionally, women's decision to leave a male-dominated major and enter a female-dominated major was a function of affirmation of self and was derived from the six environmental factors. The degree of interaction congruence between the student and each of these factors affected affirmation of self and how women evaluated and responded to their environment. Lastly, applications for educational practitioners were offered and recommendations for further research were suggested.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentix, 93 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12162009-020306en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162009-020306/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46249en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.S363.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28919347en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.S363en
dc.subject.lcshClassroom environment -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshSex discrimination in education -- Virginia -- Blacksburgen
dc.subject.lcshTeacher-student relationships -- Virginia -- Blacksburgen
dc.subject.lcshWomen college students -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- Attitudesen
dc.titleFactors associated with women's decision to leave a male-dominated major and enter a female-dominated majoren
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineStudent Personnel Services and Counselingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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