Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions

Thriving in a Chilly Climate

von Patricia Arredondo, Marie L. Miville, Christina M. Capodilupo, Tatiana Vera

120 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This timely volume identifies factors that impede the success of women in STEM professions and demonstrates the negative impact of sexual harassment on women’s physical health, mental health, and job performance. Focusing specifically on the narratives of women in higher education, the authors illuminate the structural and systemic barriers facing women working as graduate students, faculty, and administrators. Drawing on insights from the #metoo and #timesup movements as well as the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings, this book:

Provides real-life narratives as clarifying examples

Validates the experiences of women struggling to negotiate the STEM workplace

Recommends specific helpful practices for both women and employers 

.This book will be a valuable resource for those in academia and the workplace, and serve as an illuminating of women's experience generally.

• Reihe: International and Cultural Psychology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Geschlechterpsychologie
• ISBN: 9783030622015
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.01.2022
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing