| dc.description.abstract | Gender inequality in science and technical fields has occurred in many countries all over the world. Although this problem has called for much attention in Western countries, there are few researches on this topic for Vietnamese science workforce. Thus, from perspective of a Vietnamese citizen as well as a recruiter for Intel Vietnam, it is necessary to conduct a research examining attitudes towards technical majors. This specific research aims efforts at differences in perception of male and female high school students.
After reviewing previous work relating to career decision making in general
as well as in specific for technical fields, there is hardly any theoretical framework that is particular for Vietnam. So a focus group was formed to gather information for developing research questionnaire. Data was analyzed from 351 questionnaire collected. Findings of this research were mainly based on descriptive statistics of data through a variety of charts, Pivot Table, and chi-square test.
This research one more time affirms the orientation towards technical majors
of male students. Regarding attitudes towards these majors, gender differences are only found in evaluation of entrance exam into technical universities. In addition, career choice of female students are more affected by many factors, especially job’s specific characteristics and possibility of finding employment in comparison with male. After making association between perceptions and factors affecting career choice, reasons proposed for not following technical majors can be hard to find job and hard work.
Overall, this research serves as the first step in the course of diversifying human resources for Intel Products Vietnam and other high-tech companies as well as strengthening Vietnam competitiveness through scientific innovation and technological
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