Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education

Melissa Marinelli; Sally Male; Linley Lord

doi:10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454058

Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education

Melissa Marinelli, Sally Male, Linley Lord

School of Engineering

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Abstract

Little is known about women engineers' career advancement, the factors that support their progression, or the role that formal education plays in women engineers' career advancement. Phenomenological analysis of interviews with women engineers in Australia revealed individual, relational and structural influences acting concurrently and interactively that determine, facilitate and constrain their transitions to manager and leader. Building knowledge and skill occurred through combinations of on-the-job learning, and professional development, including formal education. These approaches provided valuable individual and relational resources for women, enabling them to navigate structural obstacles. However, formal education beyond the undergraduate degree was not the primary approach taken by women engineers to support career advancement. Implications for engineering education are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021
Editors	Thomas Klinger, Christian Kollmitzer, Andreas Pester
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	463-467
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728184784
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454058
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2021
Event	2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 21 Apr 2021 → 23 Apr 2021

Publication series

Name	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Volume	2021-April
ISSN (Print)	2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-9567

Conference

Conference	2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	21/04/21 → 23/04/21

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Marinelli, M., Male, S., & Lord, L. (2021). Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education. In T. Klinger, C. Kollmitzer, & A. Pester (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021 (pp. 463-467). Article 9454058 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2021-April). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454058

Marinelli, Melissa ; Male, Sally ; Lord, Linley. / Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021. editor / Thomas Klinger ; Christian Kollmitzer ; Andreas Pester. USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. pp. 463-467 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON).

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Marinelli, M, Male, S & Lord, L 2021, Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education. in T Klinger, C Kollmitzer & A Pester (eds), Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021., 9454058, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, vol. 2021-April, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA, pp. 463-467, 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021, Vienna, Austria, 21/04/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454058

Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education. / Marinelli, Melissa; Male, Sally; Lord, Linley.
Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021. ed. / Thomas Klinger; Christian Kollmitzer; Andreas Pester. USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. p. 463-467 9454058 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2021-April).

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Marinelli M, Male S, Lord L. Women engineers’ advancement to management and leadership roles: enabling resources and implications for higher education. In Klinger T, Kollmitzer C, Pester A, editors, Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2021. USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2021. p. 463-467. 9454058. (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON). doi: 10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454058

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