Gender Differences in Self-reported Faculty Developmental Networks.

Shore, X; Soller, B; Mickel, N; Wiskur, B; Morales, D; Dominguez, N; Tigges, B; Helitzer, D; Myers, O; Sood, A

Shore, X; Soller, B; Mickel, N; Wiskur, B; Morales, D; Dominguez, N; Tigges, B; Helitzer, D; Myers, O; Sood, A.

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Shore X; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Soller B; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Mickel N; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Wiskur B; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Morales D; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Dominguez N; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Tigges B; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Helitzer D; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Myers O; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.
Sood A; University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Oklahoma University-Health Sciences Center, National Institutes of Health, University of New Mexico-Central Campus, Arizona State University.

Chron Mentor Coach ; 7(SI16): 445-452, 2023 Nov.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38187464

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Scholars have long recognized gender variation in social relationship dynamics. However, how gender shapes developmental networking relationships for career advancement, particularly among university faculty members, is understudied. This area of research is important since women comprise an increasing proportion of faculty and yet report receiving less mentoring and lower career satisfaction, productivity, and advancement than their male counterparts. This cross-sectional study assessed gender differences in self-reported dimensions of faculty participants' developmental networks by collecting information on relationships with developers, who are people who have taken concerted action and offered professional and personal guidance to help participants advance in their careers over the past year. The investigators used egocentric network data from an electronically administered Mentoring Network Questionnaire collected from 159 faculty involved in a mentoring intervention during the pandemic. Faculty were from multiple Southwest and Mountain West institutions. Statistical analyses were performed using the Chi-squared test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and unadjusted multilevel regression. Female faculty chose developers of lower gender diversity than male faculty (p=0.01). Compared to male faculty, female faculty reported receiving more psychosocial support from individual developers (p=0.03). Female faculty members' developers were more often characterized as friends and less often described as sponsors and allies than male faculty, based on relative levels of career and psychosocial support that individual developers provided (p<0.001). No gender differences were found in other network characteristics. Female faculty build developmental networks that have different factors compared to male faculty. Greater levels of psychosocial support and fewer allies and sponsors for female faculty may have long-term implications for differential career advancement for women vs. men in academic careers. Strategies to enhance networking should address gender differences and include a structured framework for assessing network gaps.

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Idioma: En Revista: Chron Mentor Coach Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

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