The Glue in Leadership: Investigating how Women Leaders in Engineering Education Value People and Connections.

Autor: VICENTE, SOPHIA, BEAUCHAMP, CHERYL, HALL, JANICE L., MATUSOVICH, HOLLY M., ADAMS, STEPHANIE G., CARRICO, CHERYL
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Zdroj: International Journal of Engineering Education; 2023, Vol. 39 Issue 6, p1330-1342, 13p
Abstrakt: The experiences and strategies of women faculty serving in leadership roles is understudied in the field of engineering education. This study begins to document how women leaders in engineering education engage in leadership using the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network's (KEEN) Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) as a lens. We conducted a thematic analysis of a series of artifacts associated with a workshop that aimed to generate conversation on leadership among a group of 14 women holding a variety of leadership positions in engineering education exploring how women leaders discussed their leadership roles. We also conducted in-depth interviews with 10 of the participants. We found that the women leaders in our study emphasized the importance of people in regard to connections. Within connections people were information sources to obtain insight and were considered when managing and assessing risks. The findings expand upon the current conception of connections as described iii the EM framework. As we increase our knowledge of women's experiences and strategies in leadership in engineering education. it will improve our ability to recommend methods for establishing, growing, and using connections within the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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