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  • Twenty-First Century Minerva: Are there career impacts for women who receive a “Women in Science” Fellowship?

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    Weir, Patricia
    Leach, Joan
    Gamble, Jennifer
    Creedy, Debra
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Gamble, Jenny A.
    Creedy, Debra K.
    Year published
    2014
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    This exploratory study examined the impact of an international award on women scientists’ careers. Participants were a group of elite young women scientists at the start of their careers in a diverse range of disciplines, who had received a L’Oréal Australia: For Women in Science International Fellowship. Open-ended interview questions explored participants’ perceptions of their careers following the Fellowship and of their identity as women scientists. Results indicate that the award was vital to the self-confidence and identity of women scientists establishing and consolidating their careers. Other factors, such as having ...
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    This exploratory study examined the impact of an international award on women scientists’ careers. Participants were a group of elite young women scientists at the start of their careers in a diverse range of disciplines, who had received a L’Oréal Australia: For Women in Science International Fellowship. Open-ended interview questions explored participants’ perceptions of their careers following the Fellowship and of their identity as women scientists. Results indicate that the award was vital to the self-confidence and identity of women scientists establishing and consolidating their careers. Other factors, such as having children and workplace culture, had a negative impact on their career progression and confidence in pursuing a science career. Policy implications relating to institutional culture and the need for flexibility regarding child-rearing are discussed, as well as the importance of women-only awards to career progression.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology
    Volume
    6
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/349242
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2014. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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    Nursing not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/65395
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