A Qualitative Inquiry Into Decisions to Leave Engineering Among Korean Women With Engineering Degrees

Shin Young Yeom, Hang-Shim Lee, Lisa Y. Flores, Counseling Psychology, Konkuk University, Republic of Korea, College of Arts and Science, University of Missouri- Columbia

Journal of Career Assessment

Published online on April 29, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Career Assessment, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 391-412, May 2026.
The longstanding underrepresentation of women in engineering fields is a global issue. The present study explores the experiences of 15 Korean women who earned engineering degrees and then changed their careers to non-engineering fields. Participants ...