Investigating engineering undergraduates' agentic and communal career values in writing responses

IF 3.9 2区 工程技术 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Journal of Engineering Education Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1002/jee.20584
Hye Rin Lee, Nayssan Safavian, Anna-Lena Dicke, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
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Abstract

Background

A perceived fit between personal values and what a career offers is critical for college students pursuing and persisting in that career.

Purpose/Hypothesis(es)

We, therefore, investigated the career values of engineering undergraduates through language in two different studies. Study 1 (N = 35) examined students' written postgraduation plans for agentic and communal career value themes. Drawing on Study 1 themes, Study 2 (N = 918) examined the association of achievement-related and interpersonal word categories in written narratives to surveyed career values.

Design/Method

In Study 1, inductive and deductive approaches were used to identify agentic and communal career values. In Study 2, regressions were conducted using achievement-related and interpersonal words as outcomes.

Results

Study 1 found agentic and communal value themes. Agentic value themes included career, personal development, and financial gains. Communal value themes included helping others and being family-oriented. Results from Study 2 showed that students' language use in the discussion of their careers was associated with surveyed career values.

Conclusion

Although engineering students hold more agentic than communal values, they hold both career values, which may have implications for supporting students from diverse backgrounds.

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调查工科大学生在写作回复中的代理和公共职业价值观
因此,我们在两项不同的研究中通过语言调查了工科学生的职业价值观。因此,我们通过两项不同的研究,通过语言对工科大学生的职业价值观进行了调查。研究一(N = 35)针对代理和公共职业价值观主题,对学生的书面毕业后计划进行了调查。根据研究 1 的主题,研究 2(N = 918)考察了书面叙述中与成就相关的词类和人际关系词类与所调查的职业价值观之间的关联。在研究 2 中,以成就相关词和人际相关词为结果进行了回归分析。代理价值主题包括职业、个人发展和经济收益。公共价值主题包括帮助他人和以家庭为中心。研究 2 的结果表明,学生在讨论其职业时使用的语言与所调查的职业价值观有关。虽然工科学生持有的代理价值观多于公共价值观,但他们同时持有两种职业价值观,这可能对支持来自不同背景的学生有影响。
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Journal of Engineering Education
Journal of Engineering Education 工程技术-工程:综合
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) serves to cultivate, disseminate, and archive scholarly research in engineering education.
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