TY - GEN
T1 - A descriptive analysis of gender-based promotion factors in transportation agencies
AU - Rouhanizadeh, Behzad
AU - Kermanshachi, Sharareh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Gender-related factors that impact job promotions in engineering fields have not been widely studied. In an attempt to remedy that, a descriptive analysis was performed on the workforce of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from the years 2011-2017 to determine the gender-related factors, including education, age, and years of service, that make an employee eligible for a promotion. The results indicated that females are elevated to high-level positions less often than males, primarily because of their lower level of education, age, and fewer years in service. The outputs of this study will provide guidance to DOTs as they develop policies that motivate females to become eligible for higher level positions and will assist employers in private and public engineering organizations as they move toward a more diverse working environment.
AB - Gender-related factors that impact job promotions in engineering fields have not been widely studied. In an attempt to remedy that, a descriptive analysis was performed on the workforce of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from the years 2011-2017 to determine the gender-related factors, including education, age, and years of service, that make an employee eligible for a promotion. The results indicated that females are elevated to high-level positions less often than males, primarily because of their lower level of education, age, and fewer years in service. The outputs of this study will provide guidance to DOTs as they develop policies that motivate females to become eligible for higher level positions and will assist employers in private and public engineering organizations as they move toward a more diverse working environment.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483787.007
DO - 10.1061/9780784483787.007
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85120626980
T3 - Tran-SET 2021 - Proceedings of the Tran-SET Conference 2021
SP - 59
EP - 69
BT - Tran-SET 2021 - Proceedings of the Tran-SET Conference 2021
A2 - Hossain, Zahid
A2 - Hassan, Marwa
A2 - Mohammad, Louay N.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Tran-SET Conference 2021
Y2 - 3 June 2021 through 4 June 2021
ER -