Attracting Women to Aviation Careers: What Recent Studies Reveal

Abstract

The percentage of women attracted to careers in aviation remains surprisingly low despite efforts by the industry to increase its talent pool by encouraging women to participate. This paper presents a review of literature relevant to the question of why the numbers of women choosing careers in aviation have not increased in the past two decades, and why even those who demonstrate an initial interest in the field eventually look for career satisfaction in other fields.

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“…The low number of women and minority members considering a career in aviation still remains troublesome despite recent gains during the past two decades. Turney (2000) found that the percentage of women attracted to aviation careers in addition to collegiate aviation enrollment and retention rates have remained marginally low. A research study conducted by Firmin (2002) found that Hispanics account for 11 percent of the workforce in the year 2000 and are projected to increase to 24 percent by 2050.…”

Diversity Intelligence as a Source of Strength in Human Resource Development: Increasing the Presence of Women Pilots

“…Aviation culture has been described as competitive and male dominated, with a very homogeneous work environment staffed mostly with White males (Ison, 2009; Mattson, Johnson, Olson, & Ferguson, 2007; Rietsema, 2003; Turney, 2000, 2004). Growth in the female pilot population has slowed significantly since the 1980s.…”

Kadın Pilotlar: Önyargı ve Engellerin Aşılması

“…Havacılıktaki kadınların sayısı zaman içinde sürekli artmakla birlikte, hala sektör içinde önemli bir oran teşkil etmemektedir (Depperschmidt ve Bliss, 2009). Farklı ülkelerde, hükümetler ve sanayiler tarafından kadınları havacılık sektörüne katılmaya teşvik etmek amaçlı sergilenen tüm çabalara rağmen, bu çabadan etkilenen kadın oranı oldukça düşük kalmıştır (Turney, 2000).…”