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What Do Women (Postdocs) Want? Doug Kalish, PhD www.dougsguides.com & UC-Berkeley
Introduction WHAT ARE THE WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS? For the past three years, I’ve offered a selfassessment on my website to help people match their workplace preferences to different organizational cultures. [www.dousguides.com/personality]
Personality by Education With increasing education, there is a big increase in Individual Contributors and Team Players… and a decrease in Motivated Apprentices and Minimally Committed.
Compare the responses of STEM grad student men Individual Contributors and women Team Players:
There are significant sex differences for STEM postbacs: More men are Individual Contributors More women are Team Players
Women Require me to work with a team that has skills which I can complement (64%)
What I really want is To work on fun projects with people I like and respect (32%)
A chance to do something important with people I like (61%) Business
2500
LibArts
SocSci
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Challenge Seeker
1000
500
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
7%
11%
5%
11%
Male
3%
Female
Male
The environment was competitive rather than collaborative (70%)
9%
7%
I wasn’t able to do the work in the way I think it needs to be done (56%)
12%
I’m successful if
Individual Contributor
24%
27%
23%
20%
27%
31%
26%
31%
Looking for Balance
16%
10%
15%
19%
16%
13%
16%
11%
Minimally Committed
3%
4%
3%
7%
3%
6%
2%
4%
Motivated Apprentice
26%
22%
26%
23%
26%
20%
19%
18%
Team Player
24%
26%
28%
21%
24%
22%
30%
24%
0
I’m working with good people on good projects (50%)
I’m doing what I love and creating something special (60%)
Employed
Workplace Personalities Individual Contributor • Creative, entrepreneurial, self-motivated • Wants to make impact Motivated Apprentice • Looking for a path to stable, secure traditional rewards: salary + benefits + vacation
Team Player • Wants to work with smart, fun group • Looking for cooperative, not competitive environment Challenge Seeker • Looking for challenges at work • Confident in ability to solve any problem
High School n= 1297
Looking for Balance • Work is one of many priorities • Other things in life besides work
Undergrads n= 1598
Grad/Postdocs n= 2006
Postbac Personalities by Discipline Postbac personalities are generally consistent across disciplines: • Individual Contributors and Team Players dominate all disciplines • Very few Minimally Committed and Challenge Seekers Exceptions: • Very few STEM Motivated Apprentices • LibArts light on Individual Contributors Business Challenge Seeker
Minimally Committed • Work is pain
An adventure and another way to challenge myself (35%)
I’d quit a job where
1500
Postbac
To build or create something that has an impact (44%)
STEM
2000
College
Are not well defined and require me to set the scope and find the solution (58%)
For me, work is
3000
High School
Men
I like tasks that
SocSci males are similar to STEM males, but there are a higher percentage of SocSci female Motivated Apprentices compare to STEM.
I now have data on almost 10,000 people including 2000 grad students/postdocs:
Analysis
Postbac Personalities by Sex
LibArts
SocSci 5%
9%
Individual Contributor
25%
22%
28%
28%
Looking for Balance
13%
16%
15%
14%
Minimally Committed
4%
4%
4%
3%
Team Player
24% 25%
25% 26%
Can we account for the difference between STEM Postbac men and women? Postdoc men and women are very similar. But grad student men are predominately Individual Contributors, while grad student women are mostly Team Players.
Female postdocs have gone through a ‘filter’ which makes them likely to pursue academic jobs like their male counterparts.
24% 23%
19% 27%
Further Questions
Explains the whole difference in our postbac population. STEM Grad Student
7%
Male grad students who score high as Individual Contributors can be expected to take traditional jobs in academia or industry research. While there are plenty of Individual Contributor female grad students, the higher proportion of Team Players makes them more likely to pursue nonacademic careers.
STEM
9%
Motivated Apprentice
STEM Grad Student vs Postdoc
Observations
Female Challenge Seeker
STEM Postdoc
Male
Female
Male
8%
10%
5%
10%
Individual Contributor
26%
35%
32%
32%
Looking for Balance
14%
11%
12%
9%
Minimally Committed
1%
2%
1%
1%
Motivated Apprentice
18%
16%
14%
13%
Team Player
33%
26%
36%
35%
• Why are STEM grad student women aspiring to collaborative environments? • Is there any progression toward these sex differences as undergraduates? • Does the STEM sex difference exist equally in all departments (e.g. Bio, Math, CS)? • Are grad school women more likely than men to pursue nonacademic careers?
Link to www.dougsguides.com
Introduction WHAT ARE THE WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS? For the past three years, I’ve offered a selfassessment on my website to help people match their workplace preferences to different organizational cultures. [www.dousguides.com/personality]
Personality by Education With increasing education, there is a big increase in Individual Contributors and Team Players… and a decrease in Motivated Apprentices and Minimally Committed.
Compare the responses of STEM grad student men Individual Contributors and women Team Players:
There are significant sex differences for STEM postbacs: More men are Individual Contributors More women are Team Players
Women Require me to work with a team that has skills which I can complement (64%)
What I really want is To work on fun projects with people I like and respect (32%)
A chance to do something important with people I like (61%) Business
2500
LibArts
SocSci
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Challenge Seeker
1000
500
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
7%
11%
5%
11%
Male
3%
Female
Male
The environment was competitive rather than collaborative (70%)
9%
7%
I wasn’t able to do the work in the way I think it needs to be done (56%)
12%
I’m successful if
Individual Contributor
24%
27%
23%
20%
27%
31%
26%
31%
Looking for Balance
16%
10%
15%
19%
16%
13%
16%
11%
Minimally Committed
3%
4%
3%
7%
3%
6%
2%
4%
Motivated Apprentice
26%
22%
26%
23%
26%
20%
19%
18%
Team Player
24%
26%
28%
21%
24%
22%
30%
24%
0
I’m working with good people on good projects (50%)
I’m doing what I love and creating something special (60%)
Employed
Workplace Personalities Individual Contributor • Creative, entrepreneurial, self-motivated • Wants to make impact Motivated Apprentice • Looking for a path to stable, secure traditional rewards: salary + benefits + vacation
Team Player • Wants to work with smart, fun group • Looking for cooperative, not competitive environment Challenge Seeker • Looking for challenges at work • Confident in ability to solve any problem
High School n= 1297
Looking for Balance • Work is one of many priorities • Other things in life besides work
Undergrads n= 1598
Grad/Postdocs n= 2006
Postbac Personalities by Discipline Postbac personalities are generally consistent across disciplines: • Individual Contributors and Team Players dominate all disciplines • Very few Minimally Committed and Challenge Seekers Exceptions: • Very few STEM Motivated Apprentices • LibArts light on Individual Contributors Business Challenge Seeker
Minimally Committed • Work is pain
An adventure and another way to challenge myself (35%)
I’d quit a job where
1500
Postbac
To build or create something that has an impact (44%)
STEM
2000
College
Are not well defined and require me to set the scope and find the solution (58%)
For me, work is
3000
High School
Men
I like tasks that
SocSci males are similar to STEM males, but there are a higher percentage of SocSci female Motivated Apprentices compare to STEM.
I now have data on almost 10,000 people including 2000 grad students/postdocs:
Analysis
Postbac Personalities by Sex
LibArts
SocSci 5%
9%
Individual Contributor
25%
22%
28%
28%
Looking for Balance
13%
16%
15%
14%
Minimally Committed
4%
4%
4%
3%
Team Player
24% 25%
25% 26%
Can we account for the difference between STEM Postbac men and women? Postdoc men and women are very similar. But grad student men are predominately Individual Contributors, while grad student women are mostly Team Players.
Female postdocs have gone through a ‘filter’ which makes them likely to pursue academic jobs like their male counterparts.
24% 23%
19% 27%
Further Questions
Explains the whole difference in our postbac population. STEM Grad Student
7%
Male grad students who score high as Individual Contributors can be expected to take traditional jobs in academia or industry research. While there are plenty of Individual Contributor female grad students, the higher proportion of Team Players makes them more likely to pursue nonacademic careers.
STEM
9%
Motivated Apprentice
STEM Grad Student vs Postdoc
Observations
Female Challenge Seeker
STEM Postdoc
Male
Female
Male
8%
10%
5%
10%
Individual Contributor
26%
35%
32%
32%
Looking for Balance
14%
11%
12%
9%
Minimally Committed
1%
2%
1%
1%
Motivated Apprentice
18%
16%
14%
13%
Team Player
33%
26%
36%
35%
• Why are STEM grad student women aspiring to collaborative environments? • Is there any progression toward these sex differences as undergraduates? • Does the STEM sex difference exist equally in all departments (e.g. Bio, Math, CS)? • Are grad school women more likely than men to pursue nonacademic careers?
Link to www.dougsguides.com
