A Feminist Standpoint Analysis: Organizational Socialization of Women Scientists and Engineers within the Federal Government (2002)
Harris, Nikita Yevette (Author)
Howard University
Nicotera, Anne M.
Edition Details: Advisor: Nicotera, Anne M.
Physical Details: 165 pp.
Language: English
This study investigates the organizational socialization experiences of women scientists and engineers in the fields of science and engineering. The focus of this study is to examine how gendered relationships are socially created and sustained during women's socialization into scientific and technical professions. Specifically, the study highlights how women practitioners in science and engineering are oppressed and subjected to male domination as a result of their minority status. Organizational Socialization and Standpoint Feminism constitutes the study's theoretical framework. The study utilizes a qualitative interpretive methodology to center the experiences of women that have been historically absent and marginalized in traditional research. Thirteen discourse themes emerged from in-depth interviews conducted with women practitioners from the fields of science and engineering: (1) Early Socialization Agents, (2) Anomaly, (3) Mixed Messages, (4) Alienation, (5) Countering Negative Stereotypes, (6) Affirmative Action Hire, (7) Token, (8) Glass Ceiling, (9) Challenged by Multiple Identities, (10) Communication Networks, (11) Sexual Harassment, (12) Male vs. Female Communication and (13) Managerial Track. The findings in this study build on Feminist Standpoint Theory and add to feminist research by addressing the relationship among communication, identity, power and resistance. The study's practical implications offer alternative frames for understanding organizational socialization for institutions committed to the empowerment and betterment of women's lives.
...MoreDescription “The focus of this study is to examine how gendered relationships are socially created and sustained during women's socialization into scientific and technical professions.” (from the abstract) Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 64 (2003): 720. UMI order no. 3085410.
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