Predicting High School Students' Transportation Career Intentions: The Roles of Gender and Belonging
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| Title: | Predicting High School Students' Transportation Career Intentions: The Roles of Gender and Belonging |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Patton O. Garriott, Bo Hyun Lee |
| Source: | Career and Technical Education Research. 2023 48(3):23-38. |
| Availability: | Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: https://www.acteronline.org/cter |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. |
| Contract Number: | 36967B278202 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | High School Students, Career Choice, Occupational Aspiration, Transportation, Gender Differences, Disproportionate Representation, Barriers, Females, Womens Education, Student Attitudes, Social Influences, Environmental Influences, Urban Schools, Stereotypes |
| DOI: | 10.5328/cter48.3.23 |
| ISSN: | 1554-754X 1554-7558 |
| Abstract: | Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is one of the 15 occupational areas covered under the National Career Clusters© Framework and is projected to grow in the next decade. The exclusion of women in transportation is a significant barrier to ensuring a robust and equitable workforce. This study examined predictors of transportation career intentions in a sample (N = 263) of high school students. Participants completed measures of: attitudes toward transportation careers, social norms, ambient belonging, and transportation career intentions. Results of structural equation modeling indicated a model with attitudes, social norms, and ambient belonging as predictors of intentions provided a close fit to the data and that the path from ambient belonging to transportation career intentions was significant. The final structural model explained 66% of the variance in intentions. A multiple group analysis indicated that the relationship between ambient belonging and intentions was stronger for girls than boys. Results have implications for the role of belonging in transportation career and technical education. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1431279 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is one of the 15 occupational areas covered under the National Career Clusters© Framework and is projected to grow in the next decade. The exclusion of women in transportation is a significant barrier to ensuring a robust and equitable workforce. This study examined predictors of transportation career intentions in a sample (N = 263) of high school students. Participants completed measures of: attitudes toward transportation careers, social norms, ambient belonging, and transportation career intentions. Results of structural equation modeling indicated a model with attitudes, social norms, and ambient belonging as predictors of intentions provided a close fit to the data and that the path from ambient belonging to transportation career intentions was significant. The final structural model explained 66% of the variance in intentions. A multiple group analysis indicated that the relationship between ambient belonging and intentions was stronger for girls than boys. Results have implications for the role of belonging in transportation career and technical education. |
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| ISSN: | 1554-754X 1554-7558 |
| DOI: | 10.5328/cter48.3.23 |
