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Concept Application Blog
Concept:
Abstract
Worker
Definition:
A bodiless, sexless, emotionless worker
that does not procreate.
Although
an abstract worker is supposed to be genderless, as chapter 9 illustrates, it
is in fact male. The engineering industry exploits this ideal to an even
greater extreme. Women in the engineering field undergo a socialization process
that women in other studies don’t have to face (Arendt, Litera &Buzzanell,
2008). Additionally, these women use several coping strategies in order to attempt
to fit in, such as being one of the boys or accepting gender discrimination (Powell
& Dainty, 2009).
As
discussed in the previous blog post, women in the engineering industry face
significant challenges in reference to their sex and the expression of their
gender. My process for exploring this for the rest of the semester is going to
start with sitting in on at least three different engineering classes, and one
engineering lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After my observations, I
am going to interview two female engineering students, two male engineering
students, and one engineering instructor on issues concerning gender in the
classroom. After observing and interviewing, I am going to analyze the data I’ve
collected, and I’m hoping to discover if a similar atmosphere exists in engineering
classes as they do in the professional industry.
The following videos are a great explanation of more of the information I would like to explore and learn through the rest of my project for the semester:
References
Arendt, C., Dohrman, R., Litera, N., & Buzzanell, P.
(2008). 'Women Don't Belong in Engineering': Using an unCONVENTIONal Narrative
to Expand Socialization Theory. Conference Papers -- National Communication
Association, 1.
Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., &
Dainty, A. (2009). How women engineers do and undo gender: Consequences for
gender equality. Gender, Work And Organization, 16(4), 411-428.
doi:10.1111/gwao.2009.16.issue-410.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00406.x
posted by Sara.Weeldreyer @ 9:45 PM
1 Comments
1 Comments:
Looking forward to reading the results of your data collection process in next blog. To process that information you will want to gather up all of your data (interview transcripts, observations, field notes, journal, etc) into one large pile of written text. Read through all of the information from start to finish once. Then go back and start to highlight statements that you think are intriguing. Try to group likeminded things together. You will do this several times. What you want to do is start to develop categories related to your concept. You’ve picked gender organizations so think about how you can code for gender especially masculinity. Then you’ll think about how you can connect these categories to bigger picture themes. What does a discussion of gender & women in engineering inform us about communication? Try to develop 3 major take aways from your project that can inform us.
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