2011
DOI: 10.1037/a0025199
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Malleability in communal goals and beliefs influences attraction to stem careers: Evidence for a goal congruity perspective.

Abstract: The goal congruity perspective posits that 2 distinct social cognitions predict attraction to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields. First, individuals may particularly value communal goals (e.g., working with or helping others), due to either chronic individual differences or the salience of these goals in particular contexts. Second, individuals hold beliefs about the activities that facilitate or impede these goals, or goal affordance stereotypes. Women's tendency to endorse communa… Show more

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“…Previous research has shown that perceptions of value are closely related to career development and decisions (Fouad et al, 2008). For example, some researchers have found that women tend not to prefer STEM careers, except in bio-medicine, because they value altruistic behavior or interpersonal relationships more than men (Diekman, Clark, Johnston, Brown, & Steinberg, 2011). In this regard, students who perceive more positive values of a STEM career are more likely to be motivated to pursue a STEM career.…”
Section: Stem Career Motivationmentioning
confidence: 79%
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“…Previous research has shown that perceptions of value are closely related to career development and decisions (Fouad et al, 2008). For example, some researchers have found that women tend not to prefer STEM careers, except in bio-medicine, because they value altruistic behavior or interpersonal relationships more than men (Diekman, Clark, Johnston, Brown, & Steinberg, 2011). In this regard, students who perceive more positive values of a STEM career are more likely to be motivated to pursue a STEM career.…”
Section: Stem Career Motivationmentioning
confidence: 79%
“…However, STEM fields include various subfields and students' career motivation may differ for each field. In particular, it is generally known that female students prefer the biomedical field more than male students (Diekman et al, 2011). There may be meaningful differences in preferred fields depending on the socio-cultural context of each country.…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This study examines how two attributes of a potential dating partner affect romantic interests, physical attractiveness and gender role congruency, in an online dating scenario. Gender roles are relatively unexplored in research on attraction even though they are thought to impact other important life decisions like career choices (Park, Young, Troisi & Pinkus, 2011;Diekman, Clark, Johnston, Brown & Steinberg, 2011). In addition, there is a clear gap in the literature when it comes to gender roles in online dating.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, by exposing adolescents to the different majors and careers they can pursue in STEM, it may serve to improve students' understanding of what these pathways and professions can offer. Explaining how STEM fields can be collaborative, innovative, and beneficial to society may make careers in STEM more appealing and attainable to female students during the formative years of their education (Diekman et al, 2011). In addition, it is important to provide female students with more female role models to increase positive attitudes towards STEM (Stout et al, 2011) and encourage female students to aspire towards STEM careers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%