.../Obstacles found Future research directions Low numbers of women entering STEM careers Stereotypes of - “women’s work” - women’s aptitudes - scientific occupations Binary contrasts based on essential sex differences Girls’ attitudes towards STEM qualifications Gender blind teaching...

... out to isolate and quantify the effects of gender and field of study, independent of each other. Design/methodology/approach This empirical research is based on a survey of >750 undergraduate college students, in which participants answered a host of Likert-scale questions concerning...

...Dawn Bennett; Sherry Bawa; Subramaniam Ananthram; Tim Pitman Purpose The study sought to determine whether there are gender differences in self-perceived employability of students enrolled in Australian higher education science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Design...

... gender) and gender-specific perspective at a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology/approach Based on a convenience sampling approach, pre- and post-surveys were distributed among 180 undergraduate students from January to April 2019. An independent-samples...

...Helen Efstratios Salavou; Georgios Chalkos; Spyros Lioukas Purpose Embracing the theories of gender role and career socialization, this study focuses on young adults and explores gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach Based...

... that the impact of education is stronger for women than for men as the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention is moderated by education and risk-taking propensity in that the entrepreneurial intention of women with high or low risk-taking propensity increases when they acquire higher education...

... proposed. Findings The results show that knowledge is an explanatory variable, but personal characteristics such as gender or empathy reinforce the learning. Gender difference affects the ethical decisions made and empathy, showing that training based on emotions is effective. Besides, the results show...

... results between men and women. Practical implications Oral communication confidence can be bolstered through service-learning. Benefits may depend upon participant characteristics (like gender). Inasmuch as different service-learning projects positively impacted oral communication, students can...

...Pilar López-Delgado; Patricia P. Iglesias-Sánchez; Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how and why differences in gender affect entrepreneurial intention (EI). Although there are many studies in this area, scholars have yet to reach a consensus. Design...

.... Findings The results show that Spanish business students’ entrepreneurial intentions are not conditioned by entrepreneurial courses, parental self-employment or by their creativity level. However, there are differences in creativity level by genders for their future ability to start-up a company...

...Richa Chaudhary Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of demographic, social and personal dispositional factors on determining the entrepreneurial inclination. Specifically, the author examined the role of gender, age, stream of study, family business background and six...

... of participation in trades-based fields of education and training reinforce the highly gender segregated nature of the Australian Labour Force. Women are particularly under-represented in the large industries of construction, mining and utilities, where female employees account for only around 12, 15 and 23 per...

... masculinities scholarship in educational research. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data was collected through fieldwork in school settings consisting of observations and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis draws upon pro-feminist and post-structuralist theories of the gendered subject...

...Vicky Duckworth, Francis Farrell and Phil Rigby; Ronda Marie Smith; Shruti R Sardeshmukh; Gwendolyn M Combs Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the complex relationships between gender and entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a two study...

...) and probable events (probable job flexibility) in a group of permanent vs temporary employees. Moreover the aim is to explore the gender differences in respect to variables studied. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected using self-report questionnaires on a sample of 710 employees...

... to start a business at a later point in their lives. In the longer run, CP could contribute to reducing the gender gap in self-employment. Originality/value – Investigating some of the impacts of CP in a gender perspective, this paper adds a fresh viewpoint to the state of knowledge about...

... with modest business goals or acting as an intrapreneur in an existing organisation. Research limitations/implications – Future research should consider entrepreneurship programmes as arenas for (gendered) identity work. Practical implications – Entrepreneurship training should not only provide...

...Luisa Rosti; Francesco Chelli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gender impact of tertiary education on the probability of entering and remaining in self‐employment. Design/methodology/approach A data set on labour market flows produced by the Italian National Statistical...

... of entrepreneurial attitudes that focuses on both demographics and past experiences for a unique educational program that helps promote entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Attitudes Entrepreneurs Education Gender United States of America As noted in the 2006 Results Report from the Global...

... into the extent to which current vocational training provision is meeting the needs of both women learners and employers in Northumberland. The research adds empirically to the growing evidence base around the causes of gender segregation in the UK workforce and makes recommendations for attention at a local...