By Gerhard Sonnert
ISBN-10: 081352220X
ISBN-13: 9780813522203
Drawing on a wealth of knowledge (699 questionnaires and two hundred interviews) from women and men who gave each promise of clinical success, Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton light up the in part gender-driven dynamics of the leaky clinical pipeline. on the middle of this publication are gripping own lifestyles tales of ten ladies and ten males: part turned hugely winning scientists, the remainder left study technological know-how. of their personal voices, they speak candidly approximately their profession paths, the hindrances and assists they encountered, the problems and rewards of trying to mix a family members existence with a technology career.
This hugely readable research of the gender size in medical careers and its clear-headed suggestion might be of serious curiosity to every person contemplating a profession in technology in addition to to lecturers, mom and dad, and energetic scientists. lecturers in sociology of technology and gender experiences in addition to decision-makers within the components of human assets and technological know-how coverage also will welcome its discussions of common concerns and coverage recommendations.
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The Gender Dimension Gerhard Sonnert with the assistance of Gerald Holton RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS New Brunswick, New Jersey Page 20 would ensure faster progress. She feels at times that she should focus more, but her focus tends to expand. This, she thinks, is partly due to the way in which she was brought up in science. Her graduate advisor, for instance, "said that a graduate student should do two different things. So in case something goes wrong with one project, you always have something in the background.
I suppose the only thing that some of us [women] fear is that maybe we've not gotten as much recognition as the men of our age; but in this day and age if you still have grants, then I guess that's really recognition. But you look at the [small] number of women getting the prizes in the societies and that kind of thing-there's no comparison. " Ann is not an activist in promoting the cause of women in science. " She did, however, give moral support to a female colleague who was unfairly threatened with tenure denial.
Hornig, L. S. 1987. " In Women: Their Underrepresentation and Career Differentials in Science and Engineering, ed. L. S. Dix, 103- 122. : National Academy Press. , and A. Higgins-Trenk. 1978. " Life Span Development and Behavior 1:257-296. Jones, L. , G. Lindzey, and P. E. Coggeshall, eds. 1982. An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States. 5 vols. : National Academy Press. Page 210 Kanter, R. M. 1977. " American Journal of Sociology 82:965- 990. Kaufman, D. R. 1978. " Page xKeller, E.
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