A research entitled "Gender differences in career choices among students in secondary schools" conducted by RHU assistant professor in the College of Business Administration, Dr. Najib Mozahem, and undergraduate CBA students Dana K. Kozbar and Ahmad Al Hassan, in coordination with Ms. Laila Mozahem from Ahlia School, was recently published in the International Journal of School and Educational Psychology. The findings were discussed in an article in Science Trends.
According to the study, Females in Lebanon, as in other countries in which similar studies have been conducted, are severely underrepresented in the engineering and computer fields, even though female university graduates now outnumber male graduates. The findings of this study strongly indicate that gender differences in occupational interests are observed at school level, and that these differences are not independent from age. Given that these differences develop with age, the study provides support for social roles theories that argue that psychological differences between boys and girls are largely the result of the different social roles that each gender occupies.
As a result, girls, over time, are discouraged, or at least not encouraged, to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, while boys on the other hand are discouraged from pursuing careers in music, art, and writing.”
To access the article in Science Trends follow this link:
https://sciencetrends.com/occupational-interest-and-the-gender-divide/?fbclid=IwAR0HCXnMAUwEdzuw1B7gVcZPHQgNLGl2tRV4_jELMFME9cMU9nFrSUYtIdk