Lutz, B. D., & Canney, N. E., & Brunhaver, S. R. (2019, June), "I Wish I Could Do More": A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Early Career Engineers' Perceptions of Agency in their Workplaces  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--31920

\bibitem{asee_peer_31920}
  Lutz, B. D., \& Canney, N. E., \& Brunhaver, S. R. (2019, June), \emph{"I Wish I Could Do More": A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Early Career Engineers' Perceptions of Agency in their Workplaces}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--31920

Benjamin David Lutz, Nathan E. Canney, and Samantha Ruth Brunhaver.  ""I Wish I Could Do More": A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Early Career Engineers' Perceptions of Agency in their Workplaces".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://strategy.asee.org/31920 Internet.  13 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_31920}
  Benjamin David Lutz, Nathan E. Canney, and Samantha Ruth Brunhaver.
  ""I Wish I Could Do More": A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Early Career Engineers' Perceptions of Agency in their Workplaces".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://strategy.asee.org/31920 Internet.  13 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Engineering students graduate from their programs with a broad range of skills that are set by professional societies, industry recommendations, and other stakeholders in student success. But when those engineers enter their jobs, how are those skills utilized and nurtured by the organizations they enter? The purpose of this paper is to present a cross-sectional, secondary qualitative analysis of research exploring the experiences of recent engineering graduates as they move from student to professional. Of particular interest were the ways engineers describe their autonomy or sense of choice, the way engineers recognize and make sense of their organizations’ values, and the alignment (or lack thereof) between personal values and those of their organization. To do so, qualitative data sets from three different studies of engineers’ experiences at various stages in their professional trajectories were combined and thematically analyzed, producing four major themes that speak to the ways engineers perceive their sense of agency in their work experiences. Looking across data sets, themes emerged regarding empowerment, organizational fit, and workplace expectations. While these themes were common across the studies included in the analysis, the way the themes manifested across data sets raises interesting questions about the formation of engineers and the socialization experiences that contribute to that formation. As research on engineering practice continues to develop, it is important that researchers consider where engineers are within their career trajectory and how that influences their perceptions about the work they do and the agency they have within organizations.
AU  - Benjamin David Lutz
AU  - Nathan E. Canney
AU  - Samantha Ruth Brunhaver
CY  - Tampa, Florida
DA  - 2019/06/15
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - "I Wish I Could Do More": A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Early Career Engineers' Perceptions of Agency in their Workplaces
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